Anyone planted daisies in their lawn?

[BluebellCrocus]

Did you regret it?
I've ordered some daisy seed as I'm hankering after a lawn of daisies.

Not planted any but i know only mow the grass every 2 or 3 weeks and i get marvellous daisy's violets, with lots more insects.

I wish more people would do similar, its a tragedy we are obsessed with mowing, people around me mow 2 or 3 times a week.

I don't mow frequently as I don't like doing it so put it off. I don't get daisies or violets but would like to. I do get dandelions

I used plug plants, along with other low-growing lawn flowers.
They do well in full sun and short grass.

Yes, me! I overseed my lawn with clover and daisies. It looks fabulous but I'm not doing it this year as I used to do it annually and then they went a bit mad! 🤣

You might be better to sow the seed separately and transplant them when they’re decent plants. Seeds can struggle in dense turf. Though @ThreeRingCircus seems to have managed it!

Thanks all. I thought I'd scatter some but also grow some in pots on the window sill when I sow my other seeds in march.

I've been more successful with growing seed on to plug plant size than letting seed compete with the grass of a lawn. Grasses are absolute thugs and tend to overwhelm most other things in my experience (of horrible clay soil) except dandelions and plantain.

A tray or two of daisies planted out after the frost risk passes and left unmown for a few weeks could work well. (I'm envious of @ThreeRingCircus successes!)

I'm doing it this year - sowed daisies into plugs about a month ago and they are coming on nicely.

I also started red clover sown direct in autumn which is doing well. I dumped a thick layer of compost down to hold the grass back a bit and with the hope of improving the clay soil a bit. I then sowed over it with the clover which now looks good but it did look quite crap for a lot of the winter, much to the chagrin of my lawn-insisting husband. If you can cope with the short term ugliness you might be able to start daisies in a similar way.

Anyone done birds foot trefoil alongside daisies, clover etc?

I don't think there's much grass at all in our lawn 😆

DH is a butterfly fanatic so large swathes of it don't get cut until late summer or autumn - it's full of wild flowers. We just have mowed paths through it.Last year I managed to get pale flax to flower, but haven't had much luck with yellow rattle (that parasitises grass and weakens it so other plants have more chance to grow).

At this time of year it's mostly primroses, celandines and violets. Here's a pic of part of it... weird shape 'cos I've cropped out my house (you have to right-click the image and open in new tab to get full width image)

This is so beautiful 😍

I've tried various seeds on our grass but nothing has taken, growing to plug plant size is a good idea. We do get a few primroses though.

@CastlesinSpain I don’t think yellow rattle likes being overshadowed, and in the lowlands the yellow rattle is slower to start than the grass, so it gets shaded out. This is my interpretation of what’s happening. I have got it established in the sunnier part of my lawn and on a wildflower meadow, but it’s not flourishing and spreading as well as it does on the limestone grassland if the Dales.

A relative that does better in lowland conditions is Red Bartsia, but Ive never seen anyone selling it. It arrived in the wildflower meadow as a single plant 5 or 6 years ago and is spreading nicely.

For really wet conditions, there’s Lousewort. They’re all closely related and all hemi-parasites.

@MereDintofPandiculation There's lots of Red Bartsia growing in a local nature reserve. I'll have to sneak a few seeds! Thanks for the tip.

ps. just found this https://wildseed.co.uk/product/species/wild-flowers/odontites-vernus/

Lovely. I've got quite a small lawn but I'm going to do my best to grow daisies on it.

I've just ordered some ,going to have a go doing the same

I grew some from seed and planted them in the lawn last year. They're growing fine but not spread much yet.

I have daisy seeds. I was going to just sprinkle, but will try plug plants instead now. Have been getting the kids to try seeding dandelions with no success.

I grew the seeds in a little pot on my kitchen window sill along with my other seeds then planted them out in may

I think they look lovely in a lawn. I have a ‘weedy’ lawn full of daisy, buttercups and dandelions plus loads of other plants like speedwell and chickweed. I still mow but I love the flowers in the lawn and they tolerate mowing.

I've just sprinkled the seeds over the grass and mud .fingers crossed they take

Got wild flower seeds as well for round the edges ,says they attract butterflies and bees