Thread: Shade + Large Dog = New Grass Needed Redux. Zoysia?
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Old 06-03-2007, 03:26 PM posted to austin.gardening
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Default Shade + Large Dog = New Grass Needed Redux. Zoysia?
In article . net,
(Scott Harper) wrote:

In article , Jangchub
wrote:
No turfgrass will thrive in shade other than St. Augustine. I have
known people to plant dwarf monkey grass in shade to replace turf, and
it can be mowed, but not sure about the trampling of your beauty dog.

I have zoysia planted in heavy shade under some large oak trees and it
thrives
just fine. It even spreads pretty well. It is the larger bladed version of
zoysia... I think El Toro and Palisades are two of the varieties.


scott

I'll save this, thanks!
I really do need to solve my grass problem and I'll forever regret
planting Bermuda. Ugly damned grass. :-(

It's died out in most areas fortunately.

It was expensive as hell too.
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