Warm season grasses and cool season grasses.
Types of sod grass arizona.
Matrella and mascarengrass zoysia tenufolia.
It is a perennial grass meaning it comes back year after year.
There are two of these groups warm season and cold season.
So before you move to the desert perhaps consider the upkeep of landscaping your new home.
They do this by growing bermuda grass in the summer and ryegrass in the winter.
Below that are our picks for your state which will do best in your area.
E z turf midiron tifway tifway ii santa ana bob sod bank one ballpark turf and tifsport.
In general try to think of your sod varieties belonging to one of two groups.
Its active season is usually from may to september.
The first thing to understand about grass is something called sod groups.
These include the following varieties.
Japonica is the type of zoysia seen in the sunday papers as the amazing amazon.
Sod university discusses different types of common sod grass varieties.
Augustinegrass kentucky bluegrass and centipedegrass.
Arizona is one of the hottest states in america so cold season grasses are only used for overseeding purposes.
Below is the usda zone map for arizona so you can determine which zone you reside in.
For lawn purposes zoysia japonica is the typical grass used.
Warm season sods include zoysia st.
All of these are single plant varieties.
Cool season grasses include tall fescue perennial ryegrass and kentucky bluegrass.
When to plant winter rye grass.
There are several commercially available sterile hybrid bermudagrasses for use in arizona for lawns.
This warm season turf grass is best suited to the heat and will stay green and continue to grow as long as it has enough water.
These groups are dependent on the time of year you are installing your lawn.
Warm season sod includes heat tolerant varieties such as.
Most arizona sod in the hottest areas of the state consists of bermuda grass.
In arizona for example many locals have summer lawns and winter lawns to keep their grass green year round.
Zoysiagrass is composed of three species which are used for turf purposes.
Augustine grass also called palmetto st.
There are two sod groups.
Augustine varieties and bermuda grasses.
Like all our hybrid bermudas bobsod is a drought tolerant grass and requires very little water compared to cool season grasses like fescue.
Warm season and cool season.
Bermuda grass such as tifway midiron and others st.