Texas Gardening: please give any advise ......its driving me nuts!, 1 by seedpicker_TX

seedpicker_TX wrote:
If you really miss your st. augustine grass, it looks like it may be time to replace it altogether, but I'm with Debbie...do something different.

If you don't want to spend a lot of money and liked the look of grass, I think dichondra is a great alternative. It is evergreen, carefree, and much greener than grass!

If I had to do it over again, I'd have seeded my front lawn area with dichondra seed, and not have sodded it, at all.

Dichondra is a very popular alternative to sod in Florida, but is only very slowly catching on here.

In my "h***bed" I'm slowly replacing the sod with xeriscape and tough, but pretty perennials(roses, ornamental oregano, liriope linging borders, spanish lavender, caryopteris, dwarf iris, shorter daylilies etc.)

But, if my st. augustine got to the point yours has, I'd not do it again. Dichondra for sure!

I saw a post by Salvia_lover a while back and fell in love(she was showing the playhouse, but all I could focus on was the dichondra! lol) .
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/466119/

We decided to try it inbetween pavers, and love it. It bakes between hot paver rocks in the sun all day, and I hardly ever have to water it. It is much greener and prettier than the nearby grass, and stays short, and doesn't need to be mowed!

Just went out and took this photo for you. I took this so you could see the dichondra compared to the nearby suffering st. augustine grass. Both get the same amount of water. This dichondra has never been cut or trimmed. Ü

I sure with my entire "lawn" was dichondra...no mowing & dragging around the sprinklers, sounds like heaven, lol...