St. Augustine grass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) is a warm-season grass native to North America. It is a spreading, warm-season grass for lawns, especially in warm to hot, tropical climates.

We would outlaw St. Augustine grass and get up a coalition to go where it came from and root the growers out of caves and destroy their infrastructure, except for one thing. It will grow here.

The tufts of grass are upright and most visible in dormant St. Augustine lawns. This annual begins to take hold in the fall when temperatures drop and there is abundant moisture.

We laid down St. Augustine grass in the backyard. We left for to visit family on the East Coast and when we returned we saw large brown spots of dead tan-colored grass, with other patches of rust ...

For the record, I recommend 1¼ to 1 ½ inches (shorter for the hybrid bermudas), St. Augustine 2-3 inches, zoysias 2-3 inches, turf type fescues 3 to 4 inches, buffalograss 3-4 inches.

The No. 1 lawngrass in Florida continues to be St. Augustine grass and with good reason — its great versatility. This grass is adapted to a wide variety of soils and growing conditions.

Augustine grass must be established vegetatively using sod or plugs. April and May would be excellent months to lay sod or plant plugs to establish a new lawn or repair damage done to a St ...

In addition to disrupting St. Augustine's season of rest, planting ryegrass requires gardeners to cut a lawn short during the time it should be using grass blades to store nourishment for winter ...

Learn how to shield fruit trees from wildlife, spot chinch bugs in St. Augustine lawns, and care for live oaks and ...

St. Augustine (southern 80 percent of Texas) and fescue (Northwest Texas) are the most shade-tolerant grasses, but again, five or six hours of unfiltered sunlight is a minimum.

Despite its high disease potential, St. Augustine grass is one of the most popular for Dallas-area lawns. Sean Sandri of Sean’s Lawns and Landscaping says clients want a play area in the yard.

Control Floratam, a variety of St. Augustine grass, was once highly recommended because it was resistant to chinch bugs, but this is no longer the case.