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