I've never tried it that way but do have some blue-eyed grass in my flower beds. It is probably about 8" high and the flower stalks maybe go to 12". Would you mow it and do you plan to walk on it regularly? I wonder if it would stand up to foot traffic. And if you have to mow it, would you have flowers? Interesting idea though.

Out of curiosity, where would you get that much blue-eyed grass seed? Since blue-eyed grass isn't really a grass but a tiny iris I'm not sure how well it would hold up to heavy foot traffic but it sure is more drought tolerant then most grasses. Like you, my lawn has a lot of weeds in it and I've plants some clumps of blue-eyed grass along my flowerbeds and have been trying to get the seeds to spread out into the lawn. This is the first year that I've had plants spring up in the lawn but they are only along one side of the driveway and down along the road. I guess the rain washed all the seeds down there which is quite a ways from the flowerbeds.

Blue-eyed grass dies back in the winter, I believe. Maybe you could plant sunshine mimosa and stick some blue-eyed grass here and there. That would be gorgeous!

I've had great luck with sunshine mimosa, as Linda and Marcia can attest. They saw mine the other day.

My blue-eyed grass doesn't die back in the winter although it can get rather ratty looking. I have some sunshine mimosa established in my lawn and have had much more success with it spreading on it's one compared to the blue-eyed grass. My sunshine mimosa did go dormant this winter though.

You can mow blue eyed grass and it will still produce flowers. Seed is also available online. I am considering the mix of mimosa and blue eyed grass. What is weed control with mimosa like? Also how raggedy does the blue eyed grass look during the die back?

The sunshine mimosa was beautiful this spring in DG's lawn. I don't know what it looks like in winter, but I'd like to test some on a bank where we don't want to mow.
Marcia

Sunshine mimosa grows in the hell strip in our 'hood. Right now it is lovely with the pink bobs sticking up. The only thing that is affected by lawn mowing is the flowers. During the winter, it goes dormant. Doesn't look ratty, just doesn't like vibrant. If you want winter vibrant, it handles rye overseeding fine.

~dianne

Replacing a turf grass monoculture with a native monoculture is only slightly better. Think variety. If you are breaking out of the grass box, you have a whole world of choices.

As mentioned previously, Mimosa is a great suggestion. I also recommend porterweed and beach sunflower. Though neither is good with foot traffic they both cover a lot of ground and bloom. Porertweed dies back in the winter.

In my experience, a clump of blue eyed grass grows bigger and bigger and eventually dies out in the center. It never goes dormant, but some of them in full sun can look ratty in the heat of summer. Also, some plants die at random. I don't know why. I wouldn't use it as a groundcover. They tried this at the Florida welcome station on I-75. It began to look ratty soon and eventually they tore it out.

I agree with David Gilbert's advice about avoiding the monoculture. I've been experimenting with a meadow look, blending all sorts of grasses and flowers, including blue eyed grass and sunshine mimosa. So far, I'm pleased, but I like a naturalistic look and especially low maintenance.

Bill