thanks for the info, Gill. have to do some more shopping tomorrow :)

i tried to apply my understanding so far and started producing little grassland parts.

first i reduced the randomness in the plant settings.

then i unchecked "force regular placment" in material distribution

and finally i reduced flexiblilty (again in plant settings) and changed the sun a bit

so compared to vue's own grass i am quite happy with this so far ...