zoysia in florida

keleshg – posted 01 May 2008 14:10

I was wondering if zoysia goes brown in Florida in the winter. I am in Orlando. here we may see 1 or 2 freezes in a winter at most. Is it like Floritan, where if you keep it watered it will stay green?

Any recomendations on which varieties are better here?

Thanks,Greg

hayes675 – posted 01 May 2008 20:40

Greg,

I live about 30 minutes south of Macon, Ga. I know its not Florida but it is usually fairly warm here. I have Emerald Zoysia and it browns around November/December and greens up about April. I don’t know much about the other types of Zoysia.

Alex_in_FL – posted 23 May 2008 05:44

If you have a frost/freeze zoysia definitely goes brown. If it gets down in the 40’s you are going to lose lots of color.