Lawn Varieties

Considerations In Choosing A Lawn Variety

Which Lawn Variety Is Right For Your Home

Living by the ocean is a consideration

When taken into full consideration, all of the factors below will steer you towards making the right choice for your requirements of a new lawn variety. Ignoring them may lead to years of poor lawn health regardless of dedication to quality lawn care practices, lack of use of the space, regret, and possibly a lot of expense if you later need to replace the lawn with a new type of lawn variety.

The maze of lawn choices really isn't that difficult, it just requires a little research, and putting all of our preferences or biases aside from the start of the decision making process. Choosing the environmental aspects such as sun and shade conditions first, the use of the lawn second, and personal preference last.

Buffalo Grass

Characteristics of Buffalo Grass

Soft Leaf Buffalo Lawn

Once upon a time, Buffalo lawn was widely used and most lovingly referred to as Ol' Scratchy, due to its coarse and sharp leaf blades. These days, times have changed dramatically for the better.

Buffaloes sold today are Soft Leaf Varieties, most of us know them by their trade names of Sir Walter or Palmetto, Shademaster, ST Varieties and more. These new lawn varieties are a vast improvement over the days of old, the grass is soft, able to withstand wear and tear, has great shade tolerance, has low invasive properties as opposed to species such as Couch Grass, and can be one of the best all round choices for Australian homes today.

Zoysia Grass

Characteristics of Zoysia Grass

A Zoysia / Empire lawn after mowing

It may be a funny lawn name, and in fact the name has been changed many times over the years. Even in the last few years since Zoysia has been making major inroads into the Australian domestic turf market. Some lawn turf growers still continue to muck about with the name to the confusion of customers and the detriment of the quality of this grass.

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Frequent shallow watering promotes a shallow root system that struggles for life under heat stress. A lawn constantly under stress will send out masses of seed heads, be weak and easily damaged, be slow to repair, and be far more susceptible to diseases and weeds.