Sward

Sward
A poetic term for an expanse of turf, often used when describing a closely cut lawn.

It develops a very think sward of grass. Kikuyu grows from seed and also runners. In areas where it grows best it has a habit of popping up everywhere including garden beds and can be a bit of a weed in gardens.

In my Japanese garden, I use this diminutive groundcover in patches where it's intended to symbolize a green sward in a forest glade.

Here he laid out a carpet of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum), and there a running sward of fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides). He added a whole host of native trees-hackberry, witch hazel, alders, oaks-to frame and punctuate the meadow.

In summer time evergreen couch gives a beautiful green sward. Couch is the generic name for many types of lawn turf such as Santa Ana, Casa Blanca and the fine-leaved American couch, among others.

It began with awareness of birds fluttering around feeders in his front yard, the regular mowing of the greensward of lawn, and sprinklers often at work maintaining the growth.

if that volleyball game is once a year at the family get together, will family stability be threatened if Uncle Bobby takes out a delphinium or three diving for that dig? I am no fan of lawn space for a number of reasons, but sometimes greensward is ...

by adding a little earth with the grass side down, completely covering the fissures for the purpose of retaining the moisture at the root, and likewise as a top-dressing, which greatly encourages the plant to put fresh roots between the swards.

See also: Lawn, Grass, Light, Plant, Water