World Grass Guide
Japanese, cool-season, warm-season — pick by climate and sun, with care notes for each.
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Creeping bentgrass
The only practical turf that can be mown down to a few millimetres, which is why it carpets golf greens. Unmatched in density and finish — at the price of daily mowing, watering and disease control. Not a home lawn grass.
Agrostis stolonifera · Cool-season · Full sun
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Hime-korai (fine-leaf Manila grass)
A fine-leaved selection of Korai that knits into a dense, carpet-like turf. The finish is beautiful, but the low mowing height means cutting it more often. Suited to ornamental gardens.
Zoysia matrella · Warm-season · Full sun
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Tifton (hybrid bermudagrass)
A hybrid of two bermudagrass species, selected for fine, dense turf and used on football pitches and stadiums. It sets no viable seed, so it is propagated from sod or plugs.
Cynodon dactylon × Cynodon transvaalensis · Warm-season · Full sun