Tiny plants/flowers for lawn

[goodenoughal]

I'm about to lay a lawn at my allotment - a few years ago at a garden in Cornwall I admired a lawn which was mostly grass but with lots of beautiful, little, colourful plants/flowers in. It was so lovely being able to lie/sit on the lawn and see all these beautiful tiny little bits of colour.

They might have been alpines or just various wildflowers but I'm now trying to replicate it so need some help.

I know you can now get wild flower meadow seeds and plug plants, and also things like clover, but I'm not sure if they're exactly what I'm hoping for.

For a start, can anyone help to identify the plants I saw?

And does anyone have any other ideas, suggestions, advice?

Thank you!

some nice little plants that grow in lawns:

ajuga
prunella vulgaris (self heal)
veronica (speedwell) your Picture 1 is a kind of veronica I think

Violets!

I agree that #1 is probably speedwell. #2 is Scarlet Pimpernel, and #3 is Dove's foot cranesbill (these are all annual plants BTW).

Thank you so much! I'll explore all those. I didn't think about them being annuals, but I guess it won't be too much work to plant a few each year.

Any more ideas for similar perennials gratefully received

Pimpernel

Sounds like maybe I don't want Dove's Foot Cranesbill, given I'm doing battle with dozens of perennial weeds already...

You could try camomile and thyme.

This mix www.wildflowerlawnsandmeadows.com/shop/flowering-lawn-wild-flower-seed-mix/ says whats in it, maybe google some of those to see if they fit the bill? (I think some are quite large - ox eye daisies are lovely in a meadow but maybe not what you want for a lawn)

That's a lovely mix Errol I just wish it wasn't £12!

I know this isn't what you mean ,especially as they'd take over but I keep reading the title of your thread and wanting to post - daisies !

I quite fancy daisies myself sunny!