It's usually a mix that includes some type of ryegrass for color & wear, and some type of fescue for deeper roots to get through weather extremes. Lawns are sometimes seeded here rather than having sod laid.
My wife V bought special sod to redo our back lawn when we reached that point. I'm not sure what's in it, but it is normally used for playing fields that have to tolerate heavy wear and tear. Our dogs still rip chunks out of it when they play, but it is surviving where standard grass would give up. Lawn grass here is thin-bladed, not at all resembling the wide-bladed St. Augustine I grew up with on the Gulf Coast.
Curious to know, what kind of grass is preferred for British lawns?
It's usually a mix that includes some type of ryegrass for color & wear, and some type of fescue for deeper roots to get through weather extremes. Lawns are sometimes seeded here rather than having sod laid.
My wife V bought special sod to redo our back lawn when we reached that point. I'm not sure what's in it, but it is normally used for playing fields that have to tolerate heavy wear and tear. Our dogs still rip chunks out of it when they play, but it is surviving where standard grass would give up. Lawn grass here is thin-bladed, not at all resembling the wide-bladed St. Augustine I grew up with on the Gulf Coast.