Glyceria grandis - Reed Manna Grass. The perfect native grass for the wetter places of your yard, this cool season species spreads by both stolons and rhizomes.
It's large open flower tops panicle add seasonal interest. Hystrix patula - Bottlebrush Grass. This cool season grass does well in heavy shade and is well-suited for erosion control. Leersia oryzoides - Rice Cut Grass. This wetland species is valuable for wildlife, especially waterfowl and small mammals. Great for erosion control in swales and other watercourses. Panicum Dichanthelium clandestinum - Deer-tongue Grass. This cool season grass often blooms twice the same year, a characteristic that sets it apart from other grasses.
Panicum virgatum - Switch Grass. Switch grass is a tough and durable warm season grass that thrives in moist to mesic soils. Great for erosion prone hillsides. The open structure of its flower heads adds an airy, almost transparent element to the view.
Poa palustris - Fowl Bluegrass. Commonly found in wetlands, it's a favorite for waterfowl to feed on. When you're on a quest for the perfect lawn, you're bound to encounter challenges.
Seeding your lawn is an economical and satisfying way to introduce healthy turf to your yard. Water conservation and a healthy, beautiful lawn aren't mutually exclusive. You can do your part to manage water usage, and keep your lawn. How Your Lawn Helps the Environment. When you choose to have a natural grass lawn, your decision has a significant environmental impact — one that's overwhelmingly positive.
Natural grass lawns are sustainable, environmentally sound choices that contribute to environmental health and stability. Thick, healthy lawns absorb rain and reduce runoff.
Natural lawns help support the ecosytem around your home. Enhancing Your Lawn's Sustainability You can build on the environmental benefits of grass to improve your lawn's sustainability in several simple ways: Plant grasses that are appropriate to your geographical area.
They'll need less resources, including water, nutrients and maintenance, than seed not suited to your area. They'll look and perform much better, too. It spreads aggressively, often where it is not wanted - into flowerbeds and neighboring lawns. It turns brown when it goes dormant in cool weather, in Long Island's climate that can sometimes be early in the fall. Zoysia is more prone to thatch problems than other grasses, and because it is so thick and tough, it can be hard on mowers.
A zoysia grass lawn is usually established by planting plugs, not by seeding. The grass spreads out from the plugs. This can take as little as one growing season, or up to three.
Zoysia grass is difficult to remove once it is established, so planting it is a long-term decision. The best time of year to apply grass seed is late summer into early fall. You can also seed in the spring. After new seed is applied is the one time to break the recommended protocol for watering. The general rule is to water infrequently, but when you do, water deeply. With new seed however, you need to water your lawn very lightly each day for about 3 weeks.
There is more than one way to apply grass seed. To thicken up established turf without completely tearing up and reseeding the entire lawn area, you can "overseed.
Mow low, then rake to remove dead grass and thatch. You can also aerate before you seed for best results. Follow the instruction on the bag for the overseeding application rate.
If the bag doesn't have an overseeding rate, use half the amount recommended for establishing new turf. However, this is still a wonderful time to plant grass and cut down on unnecessary erosion. These quick tips should help your property look beautiful come spring. Make sure that once the straw is down, it covers the area that you wish to grow grass. The straw should not be so thick as to stop the grass from sprouting. An unstable bank like this one pictured contributes to erosion.
Even this, relatively small, bare bank can allow hundreds of pounds of dirt to wash into nearby streams. Also, the bare hillside can cause the culvert pictured to clog up. This stops water from draining and could cause low level flooding from the backup.
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