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