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Buffalo grass

Posted by rn4design (My Page) on
Mon, Dec 21, 09 at 2:10

Looking to do my backyard landscaping this spring. I'll have a brick & cement patio near the house and an area of grass about 10x10 feet or so. It will be in full sun.

I've seen pictures of buffalo grass and hear it is a good alternative to fescues. I would love to hear from those who have tried it. Thanks!


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RE: Buffalo grass

  • Posted by bahia SF Bay Area (My Page) on
    Tue, Dec 29, 09 at 16:11

I haven't tried it locally, as I know it generally performs best where one gets real summer heat, and early warm up in the spring. If you garden where summers are generally cool,(more coastal influenced than inland) and spring warm up is late coming, you'll be looking at a lawn slow to green up again in spring and slow to fill in.

I'd consider using this for a garden in southern California more so than northern California, and if northern, a Sunset zone 14 garden more so than a 15,16 or 17. In any of these northern California Sunset zones, I think one of the Carex species is a better fit for best year round performance.


 
 


 

 


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