PALMETTO ST. AUGUSTINE

A native seashore plant, St. Augustine grass has been very popular in the lower Atlantic and the Gulf Coasts regions for years. It has broad blades and large, a coarse stem, but produces a fairly dense sod.

One of the most redeeming aspects of St. Augustine grass are its vivid color and vigorous year round growth in frost-less climates. St. Augustine grass is a rapid grower requiring frequent mowing, but is easy to cut.

St. Augustine turf is the most shade tolerant of all permanent hot climate grasses and performs great in wet soils and under salt spray. St. Augustine grass is basically a tropical plant, its ill-adapted as far north as Atlanta and will usually be killed by cold in the middle South.

It is highly susceptible to serious or fatal damage by chinch bugs. Good commercial spray applications and fertilizers containing the proper insecticides can control chinch bugs, but the bother and expense of continued control and preventative measures make the desirability of St. Augustine grass questionable where another grass will do as well or better.

• Characteristics
• Attractive color and vigorous year round growth in frost-free climates
• Easy to mow
• Most shade tolerant of all permanent hot climate lawn grasses
• Performs well in wet soils even under salt spray
• Ill-adapted as far north as Atlanta and will usually be killed by cold in the middle-South
• St. Augustine grass is most often propagated as sod