What is Zoysia Grass?
Zoysia grass is a highly versatile, drought-resistant grass that requires little maintenance once it’s established. This versatile grass makes an excellent choice for many lawns. This warm-season grass thrives in full sun but tolerates some shade. As it enjoys heat, zoysia grass is best suited to warm climates. However, it can also be grown further north than most other warm-season varieties. Zoysia grass is generally planted in spring. It can be grown by sowing seeds, laying sod, or planting lugs and sprigs. Newly planted zoysia should be kept moist until well established. This is usually slow, taking several weeks. With the arrival of fall, zoysia grass may begin to show signs of dormancy by losing its green color and turning golden brown. However, zoysia is one of the first warm-season grasses to green in spring. There are many benefits to having a zoysia grass lawn. Zoysia is considered to be a creeping grass, spreading by rhizomes. It provides thick coverage and easily chokes out
Zoysia grass is a hard wearing grass that was originally grown in areas of Southeast Asia, China and Japan but was later introduced to the Americas and is now finding its way to the United Kingdom. It takes its name from the 18th century Austrian botanist Karl von Zois who discovered it. Zoysia Grass is a slow to establish grass but once it has bedded itself in it has the unique ability for a grass of being able to fight against weeds and other grasses from taking over its space. Zoysia grass is also considered to be a creeping grass which means that not only does it grow in the area where it was originally seeded but it can then begin to grow further out around that area, making it sturdy and able to cope with the human and animal traffic. It is often used on golf courses as the basis for fairways and teeing areas but is becoming increasing popular as a lawn grass again for its ability to withstand traffic.
