Central Texas, new residential construction of a family compound, long driveway shared by three houses. Blackland Prairie clay and silt soil. All the green areas will be native plants, native turf. The driveway needs to be pervious, so we are considering some sort of pervious paver, like GrassPave2 or TrueGrid.
We have eliminated concrete turfstone (concrete lattice) as overkill: too heavy, too expensive, and reportedly very hard to mow; it has to be string-trimmed. (The non-concrete paver vendors say their recycled plastic product can be easily mowed).
No need for snow removal, and the intent is to water for 1 year to establish the grass, but after that, it's on its own. We expect that we'll have to weed, especially as organic material accumulates over time.
Native American Seed, grass seed supplier, says it can work, but of course it depends on how much we drive on it–the front part of the driveway will see more use than the two back houses. Some people have suggested planting sedges or horseherb instead of grass. Does anyone have experience with this type of driveway?
by CanoeCrazy
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What type of grass are you planning on using. Buffalo while short enough to not need much mowing if any does not handle heavy traffic.
Frog fruit and horse herb are good low growing ground cover.