Augustinegrass kentucky bluegrass and centipedegrass.
Types of sod grass arizona.
Like all our hybrid bermudas bobsod is a drought tolerant grass and requires very little water compared to cool season grasses like fescue.
Bobsod can be mowed with either a rotary or reel mower and be overseeded with bobseed perennial ryegrass for winter color.
Augustine varieties and bermuda grasses.
Sod university discusses different types of common sod grass varieties.
They do this by growing bermuda grass in the summer and ryegrass in the winter.
This warm season turf grass is best suited to the heat and will stay green and continue to grow as long as it has enough water.
There are two of these groups warm season and cold season.
Japonica is the type of zoysia seen in the sunday papers as the amazing amazon.
These include the following varieties.
Matrella and mascarengrass zoysia tenufolia.
There are several commercially available sterile hybrid bermudagrasses for use in arizona for lawns.
Augustine grass also called palmetto st.
Below is the usda zone map for arizona so you can determine which zone you reside in.
Cool season grasses include tall fescue perennial ryegrass and kentucky bluegrass.
It is a perennial grass meaning it comes back year after year.
Bermuda grass such as tifway midiron and others st.
Arizona is one of the hottest states in america so cold season grasses are only used for overseeding purposes.
Below that are our picks for your state which will do best in your area.
As such we ll be primarily focusing on warm season grasses.
Warm season and cool season.
Its active season is usually from may to september.
All of these are single plant varieties.
When to plant winter rye grass.
These groups are dependent on the time of year you are installing your lawn.
For lawn purposes zoysia japonica is the typical grass used.
Warm season sod includes heat tolerant varieties such as.
Warm season grasses and cool season grasses.
In general try to think of your sod varieties belonging to one of two groups.
Zoysiagrass is composed of three species which are used for turf purposes.
The first thing to understand about grass is something called sod groups.
So before you move to the desert perhaps consider the upkeep of landscaping your new home.
In arizona for example many locals have summer lawns and winter lawns to keep their grass green year round.
E z turf midiron tifway tifway ii santa ana bob sod bank one ballpark turf and tifsport.
Warm season sods include zoysia st.