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    Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Grass Types

    Gwyn Dubel
    Posted by: Gwyn Dubel on February 29, 2016

    Just as every lawn is different and has different needs, your grassAdvantages_Disadvantages_Grass_Types.jpg comes in many different varieties as well. The needs of your grass and lawn can be due to the climate and geographical location of your area. To help you have the most understanding of your lawn, we researched eight different types of grass and identified their advantages and disadvantages. See which type of grass is found or would be best for your lawn!

    Bermudagrass

    Advantages

    • Strongly recommend for residential and commercial landscapes, golf courses, sport fields, parks, and recreation areas
    • Excellent heat tolerance (up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit)
    • Excellent wear resistance
    • Superior drought resistance

    Disadvantages

    • Poor shade adaptation- requires full sun for most of the day to grow properly
    • Poor adaptation to cool or damp climates

    Centipedegrass

    Advantages

    • Low maintenance
    • Good for general purposes
    • Grows well in full sun

    Disadvantages

    • Poor water resistance with slow growth pattern
    • Sensitive to drought
    • Sensitive to low temperatures, going dormant in the winter months

    Fine Fescue

    Advantages

    • Tolerates both hot and cold weather well
    • Upright growth habit creates nice even-looking grass
    • High drought tolerance

    Disadvantages

    • Moderate wear resistance and does not recover well from severe injury
    • Not wholly tolerant of shade

    Kentucky Bluegrass

    Advantages

    • Widely used in cool, humid, semi-arid and temperate regions, like Ohio
    • Recovers quickly from occasional wear and moderate foot traffic

    Disadvantages

    • Poor shade adaption and only a few varieties are moderately adapted to partial shade
    • Somewhat poor drought resistance and can go into summer dormancy if there is no irrigation

    Ryegrass

    Advantages

    • Great drought tolerance
    • Very easy to maintain
    • Can thrive in both cold winters and hot summers
    • Fair wear resistance

    Disadvantages

    • Very few disadvantages

    St. Augustinegrass

    Advantages

    • Excellent drought resistance
    • Moderate wear resistance
    • Well adapted in coastal regions and thrives in heat

    Disadvantages

    • Very poor tolerance in low temperatures
    • Shade adaption extremely varies between varieties

    Tall Fescue

    Advantages

    • Deep root system avoids drought
    • Good for a tough play lawn and recommended for a wide variety of uses, such as roadsides, parks, and sports fields
    • Great wear resistance
    • Grows in a variety of climates

    Disadvantages

    • Very few disadvantages

    Zoysiagrass

    Advantages

    • Superior wear resistance
    • Tolerates heat very well
    • Remains green and resists short periods of drought

    Disadvantages

    • Slow to recover from severe thinning
    • Slow to grow in partial shade
    • Subject to winter dormancy

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    Gwyn Dubel

    Gwyn is Weed Pro's Inbound and Social Media Intern.

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