Our Types of Lawn Grasses

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All our grasses are single species or selected hybrids (not mixtures), and have been selected and home grown by us for the Spanish (Mediterranean) climate. Each grass has its own advantages. All are drought resistant or low watering, low or no mowing, self repair, low fertilising. These grasses are only available direct from us in Benissa.

Our warm season grasses are creeping type (not bunch) grasses, so unlike conventional UK type (cool season) grasses, when you have a damaged area, our grasses will self repair relatively quickly. UK type grasses are mostly bunch type grasses so if you have a bald patch, unless you sow more seed, you will permanently have a bald patch. This is why we sell plugs - they spread sideways. We propagate all our green grass types by stolons (runners) not seed, because in most cases the seed is either sterile, or difficult or very slow to germinate. We specialise in lawn or turf grasses to suit most peoples preferences for a lawn.

See also: Lawn seed range

We have Lawn Grasses to suit your every need. Use our grass picker to help you decide:
Zero Maintenance	Draught Resistant	Evergreen	Soft and Fine

Zero Maintenance(<- Best --- Least ->

Revolution

Really small leaved grass.
Water: Water every day for a week (or twice a day in the summer) to get established. Once established, drought tolerant seldome needs watering. If overwatered growth speeds up and leaf length increases.
Wear: Hard wearing and wear tolerant
Mowing: Almost never.
General: This grass has all the benefits of artitificial grass and more, without the cost. Slow growing.
Soil: Tolerates clay, but prefers well drained sandy/clay soil.
Planting: Slow growing, so will need 16 plugs per M2, and fertiliser to achieve a fast thick lawn. [ see webpage ]

Rapid
General: Not the best grass for a thick lawn, but extremely fast growing and will spread over unprepared clay ground at the rate of 6" per week. Soft Medium Light green grass. Evergreen, never dies. Nice visual lawn. Tolerates shade. Tolerates low watering. Very Low maintenance and green all year.
Watering: Very drought tolerant. Water it - it spreads. dont water it - It does not die.
Wear: Wear tolerant.
Mowing: Mow every few months at 1.5" to 2"

Drought Resistant (<- Best --- Least ->

Med Green Med Green (A.K.A. Benissa Green)

Medium leaved green grass.
Water: Drought tolerant
Wear: Hard wearing and wear tolerant
Mowing: mow at 2.0" or less.
General: Nice visual lawn for large areas and fairways. Reasonably Low maintenance, Grows as fast as English grass in the Spring, so needs regular mowing to keep it compact
Soil: Prefers well drained reasonably rich loamy soil.
Overseed with: Winter Green (Type L)

Med Lush Med Lush

General: Course to Medium Light green grass. Nice visual lawn. Tolerates shade. Low maintenance.
Watering: Least of our drought resistant, but still reasonably drought tolerant
Wear: Not wear tolerant.
Mowing: Mow no less than 2.5"
Soil: Will tolerate less soil preparation
Growth: Will grow at the rate of 4 to 6 feet in a few months.
Overseed with: If needed, Winter Green (Type L)

Evergreen (Best <---> Least)

Alicante Alicante

Medium leaved green grass.
Water: Drought tolerant
Wear: Hard wearing and wear tolerant
Mowing: mow at 2.0" or less.
General: Nice visual lawn for large areas and fairways. Reasonably Low maintenance, Grows as fast as English grass in the Spring, so needs regular mowing to keep it compact
Soil: Prefers well drained reasonably rich loamy soil.
Overseed with: Winter Green (Type L)

Wintergreen Type "F" Wintergreen Type "F"

Medium leaved green bunch grass.
Water: Drought tolerant
Wear: Hard wearing and wear tolerant
Mowing: mow at 2.0" or less.
General: Nice visual lawn for large areas and fairways. Reasonably Low maintenance, Grows as fast as English grass in the Spring, so needs regular mowing to keep it compact
Soil: Prefers well drained reasonably rich loamy soil.
Overseed with: Winter Green (Type L)

Wintergreen Type "PP" Wintergreen Type "PP"

Medium leaved creeping green grass.
Water: Drought tolerant
Wear: Hard wearing and wear tolerant
Mowing: mow at 2.0" or less.
General: Nice visual lawn for large areas and fairways. Reasonably Low maintenance, Grows as fast as English grass in the Spring, so needs regular mowing to keep it compact
Soil: Prefers well drained reasonably rich loamy soil.
Overseed with: Not Necessary

Soft and Green(<- Best --- Least ->

Carpet Grass A.K.A. Creeping Bent
Carpet Grass

This a Cool Season grass. Soft, fine bladed grass. For best putting green results, can be mowed down to 4 or 5 mm, roll and top-dress frequently. High maintenance. Needs watering, feeding and mowing regularly during growing season. Fast Growing. Does not tolerate heavy wear.
Overseed with: Not Necessary

Princess

Tiff

Benissa Fine

Warning

All our warm season grasses are drought resistant and by their very nature are capable of surviving, where other grasses do not. This feature makes them intrusive species. Ample protection must be in place for flower borders and other areas that these grasses will inevitably invade. In more Northern or wetter climates, or where grown where invasion into finer manicured lawns, these grasses would be considered as an undesirable invader or indeed a weed. However it is exactly these characteristics that make our grasses desirable for low watering and low maintenance lawns. Indeed, irrigation, over watering or overfeeding can render these grasses a real problem.

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