Centipede Grass a yellow-green grass, forms a dense turf and has a relatively slow rate of growth with coarse leaves. It requires less mowing than bermuda or St. Augustine grasses and is often called lazy man's grass.

Centipede grass remains green throughout the year in mild climates, but leaves and young stolons are killed during hard freezes. It does not have a true dormant state and resumes growth whenever temperatures are favorable.

Being a low growing grass it is a favorite of busy lawn growers with a much longer period of days being added to the mowing cycle. Low fertilization (with low phosphorus) requirements can be met by a yearly application. In the south this grass will remain green throughout the year.^†

Centipede Grass is recommended for use on the following projects:

• Used primarily for lawns, parks, golf course roughs and utility turf
• Ideally suited for roadside rights-of-way and other low maintenance turf areas
• Does not tolerate heavy traffic and is not suited for athletic fields

• Less mowing required compared to other turf grasses
• A beautiful dense warm season turf
• Poor cold and drought tolerance
• Excellent for low-maintenance turf areas
• Low fertilizer requirements
• Extended periods of 5°F or less can kill centipedegrass

Sodding may be performed year-round in U.S.D.A. Plant Hardiness Zone 7 or any warmer zone. Sprigs should not be planted before soil temperature is above 65°F. Planting too early may retard development of a turf and extend the critical establishment period several weeks.