Part two of a series on lawn care basics explores the importance of the right type of grass seed and the amount of sun it’s going to need.
What Grass Grows Best in Phoenix?
What grass grows best in Phoenix? There are five types of grass that grow well here. First off there’s Celebration Bermuda grass. Celebration Bermuda grass is low-maintenance can be cut either with a weed whacker or a lawn mower. Bermuda requires little fertilizer, and thrives in Arizona’s hot climate. Palmetto, Midrion, Tifway 419 , and Tifgreen 328 are the other four types that do well. As to which one you should plant, it depends on what you’re looking for where your lawn is concerned.
If you need a sun and shade mix, you use Bermuda or Palmetto. For heavy traffic, you use Midiron or Bermuda. If you want a golf course type lawn, you use Tifway 419 or Tifgreen 328. As for mixing and matching grass seed types, you must be more than a bit cautious, particularly where lawn care is concerned. For one thing, all of these grass types differ on the amount of sunlight as well as the amount of water that they are going to need. However, there are other reasons you want to use caution.
How to Plant the Right Grass Type
Planting the right type of grass for your lawn depends not just on what you need your lawn to look like, but also the amount of sunlight as well as the amount of water the seed will need. You also want your turf to look natural. Bermuda grass and Palmetto look unnatural together for example, so you’d have to mow the grass down to a short level to avoid it.
So remember, that it isn’t just fertilizer and water, it’s knowing what to plant and where. Knowing lawn care basics will help you keep up your lawn.
This concludes part two of our series. For more information on lawn care, be sure to read part one as well.
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