Which Zoysia is it?

Lex – posted 12 December 2001 17:10

I recall having zoysia in our yard in west central Alabama. It was very fine bladed and prickly. It would turn a straw color in a summer drought (if not watered) and same in winter. Zero weeds grew in it. The yard was established in 1958. The grass was not extremely dark green that I recall. Does this sound like emerald or matrella? I know it is not amazoy or toro or any of the wide bladed zoysias. The only other thing I can add is that I planted 6-8 pieces (6″x8″ roughtly) on a 1/4 acre field and about 20 years later the field was 90% zoysia with mowing only (no weed killer/fertilizer etc).Any guesses will be appreciated.

seed – posted 27 December 2001 10:50

Lex, it sounds like Emerald, which tends to be on the yellowish, while Zoysia matrella (there are potentially several varieties) is more dark green like Amazoy (a synonym for Z-52 or Meyer).

Phil