Category: Environment

groundcovers adjacent to lawn

redbird – posted 17 April 2003 07:09 I have a strip of roadside ( 35′ x 175′) separated from the back/side of my lawn by a privacy fence and an island of trees/palmettos. It...

know nothing about grass

socaldirt – posted 20 April 2005 23:31 I have recently moved to a property in San Diego on the coast that has a plot of dirt about 13′ x 10′ and I would like...

New Grass In Florida ? PeanutGrass

sharon eubank – posted 15 July 2002 16:57 I heard there was a new grass in Florida called Peanut Grass.. It’s sopposed to be very low maintance and hardly ever needs mowed blooms yellow...

synthetic lawn

GMAN – posted 23 August 2001 16:03 I simply have to say that I got rid of all of my insecticide, herbacide, fertilizer, browning, watering and cutting problems when I decided to install a...

Ornamental perennial peanut

seed – posted 09 June 2006 15:48 Last month I was surprised to see a very successful lawn of peanutgrass, or ornamental perennial peanut, in Plantation, Florida:https://turfgrass.com/pics/pics53.html The homeowner who takes care of this...

Ground cover

KC – posted 06 June 2002 14:50 Hello,Does anyone know what kind of ground cover will grow with out additional watering etc. Also I would like to have it choke out poison oak if...

Spider Grass

munchkin – posted 08 August 2004 09:43 I’m considering replaceing my dead St. Augustine with a ground cover called spider grass (ophiopogon planiscapus nigresens). Any experience &/or suggestions? Thanks.

Subterreanean Clover

Donkey – posted 18 October 2001 10:23 I am wondering about Subterranean clover. A friend of mind told me about this clover for ground cover to hold dirt in place during the winter months....