What type of grass do they grow in hot countries

[Compostella]

You know the grass you see when you are on holiday, wide bladed and almost rough.

What type is it, & will it grow in the UK?

Anything got to be better than my lame lawn

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S., we have friends that live in southern Georgia and the Florida panhandle. Their lawns are mainly Bermuda grass... some are sown with a little Bahia grass for drought resistance. The Bermuda grass is sen here:

http://www.american-lawns.com/grasses/bermuda.html

[carlton23]

Why not but a book on lawns and give yours a thorough going over. That foreign stuff wont be any good in this country as it won`t withstand our winter weather.