Characteristics of Couch Grass

Couch Grass is by far one of the most popular lawns used in Australia today. The popularity of couch lawns can be for many reasons. It's cheap price is due solely to its fast paced growth meaning it is a very cheap crop for lawn farms to produce, enabling the grower to produce many Couch Grass crops each year on the same acreage. Therefore Couch is the cheapest lawn to purchase for the homeowner or property developer. The grass also has good wear resistance properties, and can recover quickly from damage provided good lawn care practices are followed. On the flip-side, this same aggressiveness leads Couch Lawn to be highly invasive into garden beds, paths and rockeries. The seed heads can easily float into neighbouring lawns, establishing the species in a new home. Due to it's aggressiveness, Couch lawns will often take over other existing lawns in a long battle to take over the new area.


Couch lawn obtains it highest quality finish when mowed with a cylinder mower, and can easily exist at a low height as long as it's high demand for sunlight is met, and it is receiving adequate water and lawn care. It is a totally unsuitable choice for any areas which are shaded.

Pronunciation: "COOCH"