DESCRIPTION

Native turf features a blend of low-growing native grasses that provide a lawn-like appearance. Native turf provides deep, fibrous root systems that will help build and maintain soil quality. Mowing of native turf plantings could be eliminated, and the height of the vegetation would stay in the 8 to 18-inch range. Or, mowing could be done on a limited basis, keeping the natives more like a traditional turf grass.

Native turf grasses are warm-season plants, which means they respond to the increased sunlight as days grow longer and hotter. Therefore, native turf will not break dormancy and green up as early in the growing season as cool season turf grass lawns. However, they will be green and growing during the long, hot days of summer when non-native cool season turf often goes dormant in response to the hot, dry conditions. Native turf will not need fertilization or watering after the root systems are established.

DESIGN DETAILS

Blue grama, sideoats grama, and buffalo grass diagrams + grasses growing

Seeding rates and species info to come

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