Back Lawn Grass Seed Mix

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Phoenix Amenity’s back lawn grass seed mix is a hard-wearing 50/50 blend of perennial ryegrass and strong creeping red fescue, built for UK family gardens. Ryegrass establishes quickly and copes well with heavy use, while the fescue thickens the sward and helps it self-repair. Suitable for new lawns and for overseeding worn or bare patches.

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About Back Lawn Grass Seed Mix

Phoenix Amenity’s back lawn grass seed mix is a hard-wearing 50/50 blend of perennial ryegrass and strong creeping red fescue, built for the everyday wear of a UK family garden. It establishes fast, then thickens into a dense, self-repairing lawn that copes with children, pets and regular foot traffic. Use it to sow a new lawn or to overseed patches that have worn thin.

Composition

Species	Proportion	Primary role
Amenity Perennial Ryegrass	50%	Rapid establishment and wear tolerance
Strong Creeping Red Fescue	50%	Density, fine texture and self-repair

What’s in the blend

Each grass in this 50/50 mix does a different job: ryegrass gets the lawn established quickly, and fescue fills in behind it.

50% Amenity Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne)

Perennial ryegrass is the workhorse of this mix. It germinates fast, usually showing green shoots within 7–10 days in favourable conditions, and forms a strong, wear-tolerant sward soon after. It also recovers well from mowing and heavy use, which is why it carries the high-traffic parts of a back garden.

50% Strong Creeping Red Fescue (Festuca rubra rubra)

The equal proportion of creeping red fescue adds density, a finer texture and better drought tolerance to the mix. Its creeping growth habit lets the lawn self-repair: it fills small bare patches and thickens the sward over time. It also tolerates a slightly lower cut, so the lawn looks tidier between mows.

Why choose this mix

Copes with regular foot traffic, children’s play and pet activity without thinning out.
Establishes quickly: the ryegrass shows results within days, whether you’re sowing a new lawn or overseeding worn areas.
Produces a dense, fine-textured lawn that holds its colour well through the growing season.
Needs less patching, because the fescue’s creeping growth fills small bare patches on its own.
Stays in good condition with regular mowing and seasonal feeding, without needing extra treatment.
Copes with the UK’s variable weather, including wet springs and drier summer spells.

Where to use this mix

New back lawn establishment
Overseeding worn, thin or bare patches
High-traffic family garden areas
Children’s play areas
General purpose domestic turf renovation

Sowing rates and mowing guidelines

Sowing rates

New lawn establishment: 35–50g per m²
Overseeding existing turf: 20–35g per m²

Recommended mowing height

12mm. Avoid cutting below this height to maintain sward density and wear tolerance.

Best sowing times

Late summer to early autumn (August–October) is the optimum sowing window, when soil temperatures stay warm and moisture levels increase. Spring sowing (March–May) also works well where irrigation is available to support establishment.

Note: all seed in this mix is subject to availability at the time of order.