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The Ultimate Low Maintenance, Drought Tolerant Lawn!
Eco-Lawn is a blend of carefully selected fine fescue grasses developed by Wildflower Farm. Eco-Lawn grows in full sun, part shade, deep shade and even under pine trees! Eco-Lawn is highly drought tolerant once established, and has a beautiful green color. Eco-Lawn does not require fertilizing and can be mown like a regular lawn or left un-mown for a free-flowing carpet effect.
Eco-Lawn produces grass blades that are very thin and thus don’t require the amount of water that typical, thick bladed lawn grasses demand. Eco-Lawn also creates roots that grow deep into the ground, so Eco-Lawn can seek out needed nutrients and water naturally, thus eliminating the need for watering. Eco-Lawn is perfect for areas where water conservation is important and is excellent for establishing new lawns, erosion buffers and bank stabilizations. Eco-Lawn grows in sandy soils, loam and even compacted clay.
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yeah but I can get fine fescue at any garden store for 1/3 of the price. . .and acording to the plant data base – fine fescue grows over 16″ high – how can i not mow that?
Marla:
Thanks for commenting on the Eco-Lawn. There’s a lot of misinformation out there about fine fescue grasses!
The fine fescues available at a typical garden center tend to be included in a standard lawn seed mixture; whether labeled as a sun or shade mix – these commercial mixes include the same old suspects – standard shallow rooted grass species such as bermuda, kentucky blue, perennial rye, etc. These blends create fast growing, shallow rooted, fertilizer craving lawns not designed to grow in anything but full sun and optimum soil conditions. In other words, the typical pampered, high maintenance lawn.
Eco-Lawn, on the other hand, is a very different animal. Made of seven different fine fescues, Eco-Lawn grows well in nutrient depleted soils, sandy soils, clay soils, full sun, part shade, deep shade and even under pine trees. Several of the fescues are clump forming and several are spreading so these combine to create a thick, lush lawn.
Eco-Lawn has worked closely with fine fescues for 15 years and with respect to the growth height you mentioned, that information is incorrect. Left entirely unmowed fine fescue blades grow to a length of 9″ or 10″ but mostly they grow close to the ground because fine fescue blades are so fine they bend over under their own weight at about 3.5 inches. So an unmowed Eco-Lawn reaches a height of about 3.5 inches. And, if you like the traditional lawn look, you’re only mowing about once a month because fine fescues grow slowly. Please visit http://www.wildflowerfarm.com for a listing of photographs.
At first glance the typical commercial lawn seed blend seems to cost less money but when you factor in the fertilizers, water bills, mowing time and the expense required to support the average lawn it turns out to cost far more than a bag of Eco-Lawn.