What types of lawn grass are there to choose from?
What types of lawn grass are there to choose from?What type of lawn grass should you grow…?Answer: Your choice depends in part on where you live. I’ll give two examples to illustrate types of lawn grass, and where they’re best grown: In the southern U.S. “warm-season” grasses are generally grown. These types of lawn grasses grow actively from mid-April to mid-October. As their name implies, they like the warm weather. Bermuda grass is an example of a warm-season type of grass. In the central and northern U.S. you are more likely to see people growing “cool-season” grasses. These types of grasses often grow the most in the moderately cool temperatures of late spring and early fall — the heat of summer slows them down. Kentucky bluegrass is an example of a cool-season type of grass. Don’t forget that, in addition to lawn grasses, there are also “ornamental” grasses. Ornamental grasses can also be classi
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