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North east facing lawn alternatives?

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    You really can't have it all  :)
    Moss grows everywhere in my garden - regardless of aspect - in the gravel paths and along paving edges etc. My soil is largely neutral. 
    If you want a more wildlife friendly space, moss isn't ideal anyway. You'd be better having a variety of different plants, flowering at different times, and including some shrubs - evergreen and deciduous, to give a good space to attract all kinds of creatures.
    Early plants/flowers are particularly important. 
    What you plant also depends on what wildlife is in your area, so it's worth doing a bit of searching to check that first.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Stop calling it "lawn", and start thinking of it as "meadow".   Experiment with new "weeds".
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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