Grass Types

Fescue

A cool-season grass that grows best during 60 to 75 degree temperatures and can become stressed, dormant, or injured during hot summer months. This grass is greedy for water all year.

Popular because of its green color during the winter and ease of establishment, fescue grows best in fertile, well-drained soils but can handle a wide range of soils.

Fescue is a fairly well-rounded grass when it comes to disease and insect problems, but keep an eye out for seasonal problems such as brown patch fungus when conditions are right.

Bermuda

A vigorous light- to dark-green, dense turf that is well-adapted to most soils and climates. Bermuda will go dormant and turn brown in cooler months. It can be overseeded with Rye grass to keep a green look during the winter months. Bermuda has excellent wear and drought tolerance.

However, Bermuda can have problems with pests and diseases. This grass has a rapid growth pattern. For this reason it is recommended that during the high-growth season it be mowed twice a week with a reel mower. This will produce the highest-quality turf cut and minimize thatch build up. Bermuda has very few problems. It needs high nitrogen in summer to reduce chances of dollar spots.

Centipede

This grass is well-adapted to infertile soils and can be used in areas where drainage or shade can present a problem. Centipede will keep a yellow-green color.

Maintenance requirements are low but it is highly-susceptible to insect damage.

Zoysia

Grows best during months of 80 to 95 degree temps, and turns brown when going dormant in winter months. It is one of the best-adapted, cold-tolerant, warm-season grasses and forms a dense, vigorous green turf
once established. Can establish and grow in full sun to partial shade.