Gardening in a drought

Sapindus

It's also edible but quite strong tasting - I've used it as a herb in soups and stews.

Mee

SuzeQStan said:

I’m so pleased you posted that @Sapindus - I had a small patch of Achillea millefolium which I popped into a shaded (to control it) garden bed till I decided what to do with it. Also have another patch already in the weedy thing that we call the lawn.  Its leaves are indeed feathery soft and the patch in grass seems to cope with foot traffic. I will plant out plugs of it in the lawn at the weekend - thanks again 😊

I would recommend reading the RHS page before planting away:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/yarrow-in-lawns

Sapindus

Mee said:

SuzeQStan said:

I’m so pleased you posted that @Sapindus - I had a small patch of Achillea millefolium which I popped into a shaded (to control it) garden bed till I decided what to do with it. Also have another patch already in the weedy thing that we call the lawn.  Its leaves are indeed feathery soft and the patch in grass seems to cope with foot traffic. I will plant out plugs of it in the lawn at the weekend - thanks again 😊

I would recommend reading the RHS page before planting away:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/weeds/yarrow-in-lawns

The point is we're not talking about fine formal lawns.  We're talking about "the weedy thing we call a lawn" and what might be an all round better alternative for the future.

SuzeQStan

I would be very happy to only have weeds and no grass in the ‘lawn’ - but that is just me