Your Palmetto St. Augustine is an excellent variety, very shade tolerant and deep green. Everybody who has Augustine grass should learn about chinch bugs. Eventually they will get to your St ...

(CHRIS GRANGER) QUESTION: Is there an issue with sowing St. Augustine grass seeds versus plugs or sod? The local nurseries and big box stores carry lots of different grass seeds, but only seem to ...

Q: We would like to grow St. Augustine at our new Conroe home, but I don't want to buy numerous pallets due to cost. Is there seed for a similar grass? — W.H., Conroe A: St. Augustine is only ...

I let my St. Augustine grass in the backyard grow without cutting it this summer, hoping it would go to seed. It's a little thin and I thought it would help to have more of it growing. I did see ...

This grass is a product of many years of research ... turfgrass varieties over the past 27 years including Palmetto ® St. Augustine, EMPIRE ® Zoysia and Celebration ®, Latitude 36 ® and ...

Zoysia japonica is the exception and can be planted from seed. Although it has a finer leaf blade than St. Augustine, it still doesn't produce the fine-textured grass that most people prefer.

Question: Recently, I was told St. Augustine produces seeds ... Usually, the flower and seed stalks are removed during mowing. Sprigs of the grass are planted to produce the plugs and sod needed ...

Palmetto is generally considered one of the more shade tolerant cultivars of St. Augustine. Try sodding this grass in the shady ... Ferns don't flower or produce seeds; instead, they reproduce ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The idea of mature shade trees casting shadows across your lawn sounds enticing. However, although trees, pergolas, and other shade ...

Q: I have a St. Augustine grass lawn. There are tall spikes with seeds on them appearing now. Should I mow it after the seeds fall off to help thicken my lawn? — Abbie from Texas A: St ...