Product Details

Description
A top quality mixture specially formulated to produce an excellent lawn under shady conditions with good drought tolerance. A mixture of shade tolerant grasses will give the additional benefit of a top quality lawn which will maintain its appearance and colour in dry conditions.

Suitability
For semi and relatively dense shaded areas under trees and next to high walls and hedges. An ideal mixture for overseeding in Spring or Autumn.

Species Used
Hard Fescue, Strong and Slender Creeping Red Fescue, Browntop Bent.

Additional Requirements
To create and maintain a high quality lawn use an appropriate seedbed fertiliser before sowing. Once the lawn is established apply an appropriate lawn feed as required and overseed the lawn annually.

Sowing Dates
Sow between March and October. Young grass will appear within 14-21 days under good growing conditions.

Sowing Rates
New Lawn: 35g per sq. metre (1¼ oz per sq. yard)
Overseeding: 25g per sq. metre (¾ oz per sq. yard).

Mowing Height
New Lawn: When grass is 5-8cm (2-3in) high, cut for the first time. Trim lightly and gradually lower blades to an ideal cutting height of 13mm (½in).
Subsequent Cuts: Mow regularly but try not to remove more than a third of the growth at any one time.

Size
500g (20sqm coverage)