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RE: Lawns


	The species we call Buffalo Grass in Western Australia is
Stenotaphrum secundatum 
	ie the same as mentioned by Jerry
	I have an complete hatred of lawns, I find nothing so wasteful
as the pouring of precious water into vaste areas of green desert!!
	I have grown as a substitute, and quite successfully, Lippia
nodiflora and Dichondra repens.
	The Lippia is never watered, ever, even in our very dry summers
it never wilted or looked the slightest bit iffy.  The Dichondra was an
experiment around the base of a pergola in a shady moist area near a
fish pond.
	It wasn't happy there, so colonised a small area a little
further away, maybe a bit more sun?
	I never have to mow the Lippia, but I do need to remember about
bees when it is flowering!
	We have supplied many many people with cuttings from "the Lippia
Patch" as it looks so neat and green.  You can have problems with clover
or grasses growing in it. I patiently wait untill it covers the Lippia
in patches then spray with roundup. Works a treat!

	Regards, Rod Randall

> If the "Buffalo grass" mentioned by Jerry is the same one we
> know, half of Perth is carpeted with it (the remainder is Kikuyu
> or various lawn mixtures). Largely due to the pre-occupation
> with lawns and the amount of water poured onto them, we have had
> fixed-sprinkler restrictions for several years and they look
> like remaining. Ground covers are gaining in popularity and I
> have just had a variety installed; we shall see how they do. The
> only lawn at my place is on the road verge, and this is
> difficult to avoid.
> 
> BTW, Tristan, dunno about Clematis not being a Medit plant; there are
> two native varieties here and you couldn't get much more
> Mediterranean.
> 
> Bev Elischer, Perth, W. Australia
>
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