Warm Season Grasses
Zen Brand Zoysiagrasses
Zoysia, also known as Korean or Japanese Lawngrass, is a warm season creeping perennial that originated in Asia. It forms a very dense turf by means of slow growing underground rhizomes and above ground stolens. Just look at these benefits!
- Requires little or no fertilizer.
- Requires less water.
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Low growing/slow growing habit requires less mowing.
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Extremely wear tolerant.
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High drought and heat tolerance.
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Grows in sun or shade.
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Improved cold tolerance.
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Adapts to a wide variety of soil conditions.
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Dormant winter color is more pleasing than Bermudagrass.
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Salt tolerant.
Zoysiagrass was introduced to North America by Frank Meyer, a USDA Plant Explorer who made the first collection of Zoysia seeds in Korea in 1906.
In the 1940s, the first Zoysiagrass lawns in the USA were established. In 1951, Meyer Zoysiagrass was introduced, the first of several new vegetatively propagated Zoysia varieties. But sprigging or plugging took 1 to 2 years to establish a lawn, and Zoysia sod was expensive.
Many people remember ads in Garden Magazines selling a "Miracle grass," only to be discouraged when the small quantity of plugs they purchased spread so slowly that it would take years to cover their lawn. So outside of a small group of turf professionals and golf courses that understand the natural benefits of Zoysiagrass, this grass from the Far East has remained unavailable or too expensive for many and confusing to others.
In the early years, what seed was available had germination rates as low as 3%, so seed was not considered an option in establishing Zoysia turf. More recently, however, chemical seed treatments have been developed that help break down the natural waxy coating on Zoysia seed that inhibits germination. All Zen Brand Zoysiagrass seed have undergone this special pretreatment to ensure faster, high germination rates.
It is now possible to have a dense, beautiful turf from seeded Zen Zoysia in a matter of weeks, instead of the years required by the old labor intensive vegetative propagation methods involving sprigs or plugs.
Finally, environmentally sound Zoysiagrass from seed has emerged as a major turfgrass of the future--not just on golf courses, but for home lawns, athletic fields, parks and cemeteries.
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