These groups are dependent on the time of year you are installing your lawn.
Types of sod grass arizona.
Warm season and cool season.
Its active season is usually from may to september.
So before you move to the desert perhaps consider the upkeep of landscaping your new home.
Japonica is the type of zoysia seen in the sunday papers as the amazing amazon.
Warm season sods include zoysia st.
Augustine grass also called palmetto st.
Cool season grasses include tall fescue perennial ryegrass and kentucky bluegrass.
In general try to think of your sod varieties belonging to one of two groups.
Warm season grasses and cool season grasses.
E z turf midiron tifway tifway ii santa ana bob sod bank one ballpark turf and tifsport.
Warm season sod includes heat tolerant varieties such as.
They do this by growing bermuda grass in the summer and ryegrass in the winter.
Augustine varieties and bermuda grasses.
Below that are our picks for your state which will do best in your area.
The first thing to understand about grass is something called sod groups.
In arizona for example many locals have summer lawns and winter lawns to keep their grass green year round.
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.
Bobsod can be mowed with either a rotary or reel mower and be overseeded with bobseed perennial ryegrass for winter color.
Arizona is one of the hottest states in america so cold season grasses are only used for overseeding purposes.
As such we ll be primarily focusing on warm season grasses.
These include the following varieties.
Cool season grasses such as ryegrass bluegrass and turf type fescue are also used in cooler climate zones in arizona particularly the north part of arizona and higher elevations.
Sod university discusses different types of common sod grass varieties.
Zoysiagrass is composed of three species which are used for turf purposes.
Most arizona sod in the hottest areas of the state consists of bermuda grass.
There are several commercially available sterile hybrid bermudagrasses for use in arizona for lawns.
All of these are single plant varieties.
There are two of these groups warm season and cold season.
It is a perennial grass meaning it comes back year after year.
Matrella and mascarengrass zoysia tenufolia.
For lawn purposes zoysia japonica is the typical grass used.
When to plant winter rye grass.
Below is the usda zone map for arizona so you can determine which zone you reside in.
Augustinegrass kentucky bluegrass and centipedegrass.