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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 30/12/2008 : 22:01:15
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I love that Dichondra Karingal, a few years ago I found it at Bunnings in either 100 or 120 cells trays, not ready for it at that time I asked the girl there if I could order a tray in a few months, she said that would be fine..
When we finished the front I gave Bunnings a ring to be told its a seasonal plant and I will have to wait till next year  but I can buy seeds of it, only trouble was they did not sell it in small boxes and the size they had there was equal to gold dust.. It does looks great amongst pavers you dont have to mow it well maybe once or twice a year if it starts to get a little taller than you want.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 31/12/2008 : 04:04:51
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It looks great Karingal. That's similar to what the kikuya part of our yard looks like after we've had good rain. We never water or feed the grass so it has to be tough enough to survive all weather conditions... dogs and kids - kikuya is the only one that does that. We do have patches of buffalo which does stay greener than the couch, also a couple of patches of carpet grass, but both don't do as well as the kikuya and aren't as soft underfoot and can't handle the wear and tear. Both also spread into the gardens too though are similar to kikuya to pull out. Usually only go around the garden edges 2 or 3 times a year with glypho which keeps the kikuya under control but a couple of months ago I spent several hours sitting down and carefully digging out couch that had grown through a thick mondo grass edge and into native violets that were behind it... and then I ended up spraying the violets with glypho a couple of weeks later as the couch came back... I'd rather go without the violets than have to weed couch out of it every couple of weeks.
I haven't tried Sir Walter, heard that it is good, but I don't want to spend any money on more grass unless I was starting from scratch and wanted a proper lawn.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
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Karingal
assistant gardener
Australia
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Posted - 31/12/2008 : 04:51:37
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Thanks people. Hi Dan,I think the tales of Buffalo being rough on the skin are greatly exaggerated. I have very sensitive skin and a condition whereby my skin gets welts from any slight pressure and I have no problem with the grass....I kneel on it, sit on it..no worries.
My daughter has Sir Walter Raleigh grass and it feels much the same as our grass.
Mary-Anne, if I knew how to collect seed from the Dichondra I would share with you.
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