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Amazoy (Zoysia) grass anyone?
"Ev Dugan" wrote in message ... On Tue, 03 Feb 2004 16:51:42 -0500, Chelsea Christenson wrote: Ablang wrote: I saw an ad for Amazoy (Zoysia) grass in the last Parade magazine, and was wondering if anyone can attest to its claims so far as not requiring much watering of cutting, and its ability to stay green in hot/cold extremes. I am considering this in the northern CA region. I mentioned it to the landscaper once and he said it's essentially crabgrass. Which doesn't tell you if it needs water or stays green, but should give you an idea of its agressiveness... Zoysia was in widespread use in the New Jersey suburbs (Zone 6) thirty and forty years ago. It was planted as plugs and spread from the plugs into older lawn grasses, eventually replacing most of the old lawn. It was stiffer than fescues, definitely not comfortable for bare feet or as a play surface. It did need watering, but even with that, it turned brown in August and remained brown until the middle of May. I see only rare patches of it these days; I believe most homeowners dug it up and replaced it with more ordinary lawn grasses which do stay green all year. I remember zoysia being very trendy in the 1960s. My parents replaced their lawn with it by inserting plugs. Eventually it spread into a very dense lawn. They were in zone 6. The lawn was ugly about 6 months out of the year because it went dormant. While weeds weren't a problem, it had insect problems (grubs I believe) and patches of it died. As I recall, it was hard to mow. Eventually they had it removed and replaced with a conventional fescue mix. It might be OK in warm areas, but I don't think it makes sense where it get cold enough for it to go dormant. |
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