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Old 10-05-2003, 03:08 PM
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Default Grass that stays short?


"amjordan" wrote in message
news | Greg C wrote in message
| . ..
| Emerald Zoysia (or one of the other fine-bladed, japonica Zoysia
| varieties)
| stays short and grows slowly (think 'really pretty, thick, green
| Bermuda').
| Matrella grows a little taller (but makes for a stunning lawn).
|
| Greg C
|
|
| Hm ... says here in my Internet research that Emerald Zoysia has to
be mowed
| about every 7 to 10 days ... not exactly what I had in mind, since I
was
| thinking mowing it once a month! But thank you for the
suggestion. I
| think, after doing some research (which I should have done before
bothering
| you good folk with my question) that I will be planting some variety
of
| buffalograss, which apparently requires mowing only two or three
times over
| a typical summer.
|
| Thanks,
| jordan
|
|
|
|

St. Augustine will stay alive but not need mowing more than once a
month or so, if that, when given not much water and left on its own
without fertilizer......voice of experience