Invasive grass from neighbor, and I love it. What is it?
My neighbors grass is slowly creeping into my yard. I love it. It’s well covered, thick, soft and even a little bounce. What is it? I want to reseed the rest of my yard with it. I’m in central New Jersey if that helps.
If it is creeping you could just take plugs and transplant.
KotaBear31
Not sure about the grass type, but I would recommend sharpening your mower blades.
khuynhie
Probably a warm season grass. My guess is zoysia.
Eastern-Monk-3468
Those blades look more like St. Augustine grass, but never heard that referred to as soft. Maybe a zoysia with thicker blades (emerald zoysia?)
Far-Preparation5174
Where are you located?
Academic_Exercise_88
My guess is fescue and bluegrass mix.
23523543
looks like Zoysia, weeds can’t get though it, need a strong mower to cut it
HustonAsterisks
My dad threw a few strips he removed from his zoysia into my bare side yard and it looks just like this after a few years. So zoysia is my guess. They sell plugs that you can plant and let it grow out.
Ordinary-Depth-7835
Interesting I didn’t think a warm season grass would do well here. following thread to see what everyone says. I would love an invasive grass here in PA but I didn’t think they did well.
turnerm05
Agree – I think that’s Zoysia which (like other have said) is awesome for suffocating out weed growth and is a very sturdy warm season grass.
You can’t seed zoysia grass – you need to plug it with pre-established grass plugs or sod squares. It spreads rapidly through stolen growth. It’s similar to St Augustine which I have in my yard.
As others have noted it gets VERY thick which can be problematic for mowers so make sure you have one that’s strong enough. I’m currently trying to use robotic mowers on my St Augustine and the thickness creates some issues for sure.
bighitbiker3
This looks like my Zoysia Palisades. It could be Emerald or some other variety though. Normally a warm season grass so if it is it’s interesting to see it up there. The different varieties differ quite a bit in how they look and feel
HonkyMOFO
It’s very much in the nature of this sub to have 5 distinct, confident answers to this question.
Ghia149
When does it go dormant? Zoysia when turn brown once it drops below zero at night more than a night or two. And it won’t green up until night time temps start staying well above freezing.
Confident_Sector_139
I am in NE Ohio. There are plenty of zoysia grass lawns here. It goes brown and dormant in the Autumn and returns to green in the late Spring. It is drought resistant but very hard to confine to a single area.
Loud_Fee7306
Is it evergreen or does it die back? If evergreen try digging up a clump. If the roots are a mesh of white threads with a bunch of little white bulbs attached, it’s liriope or mondograss. Both have dark, evergreen leaves with rounded tops, not sharply pointed like grass.
Chimbo84
I wonder if zoysia would do well in RI. We have pretty mild winters but will have a week or two each winter where it gets pretty bitter.
Quick-Exercise-6814
Wait ‘till winter. Look at neighbors yard, and the new grass from neighbor in your yard.
Did it turn brown? Are you okay with brown grass after the 1st frost each fall?
If you’re are okay with brown after the 1st frost, this grass will be great for you.
PossiblePhysics3421
Zoysia. Have it in my yard. Used to hate it. Now I love it. Tough as hell
Realistic-Pound-8562
Sharpen your blades homie
noahsdad1993
I’m in zone 9A where everyone seems to either have St Augustine or Bahaia. Will that grow here?
pgeho
Central Ohio here. Planted some zoysia plugs about 10 years ago. Wish I had planted more. Stuff is like a carpet with zero weeds in the area I planted. Every year it gets a little wider and a little longer. I’ve pulled plugs from it and planted in other spots but it takes a while to spread. It gets brown early going dormant but always comes back better than the year before.
harpostyleupvotes
Buy a plugging tool and start spreading plugs through your lawn. After 2-3 years your whole lawn will look like this
Helps me propagate it all over my yard. It grows very slowly, but after a few years you might have it all over.
Educational-Paper990
Curious if you still like it in winter. Does it go dormant and turn brown for several months?
Dark_Blue_Ink
If it grows in central New Jersey, I wonder if it will grow in central Massachusetts. I wouldn’t care if it’s brown in the winter as long as it came back in the spring.
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Looks like a fescue
Looks like good grass to me.
If it is creeping you could just take plugs and transplant.
Not sure about the grass type, but I would recommend sharpening your mower blades.
Probably a warm season grass. My guess is zoysia.
Those blades look more like St. Augustine grass, but never heard that referred to as soft. Maybe a zoysia with thicker blades (emerald zoysia?)
Where are you located?
My guess is fescue and bluegrass mix.
looks like Zoysia, weeds can’t get though it, need a strong mower to cut it
My dad threw a few strips he removed from his zoysia into my bare side yard and it looks just like this after a few years. So zoysia is my guess. They sell plugs that you can plant and let it grow out.
Interesting I didn’t think a warm season grass would do well here. following thread to see what everyone says. I would love an invasive grass here in PA but I didn’t think they did well.
Agree – I think that’s Zoysia which (like other have said) is awesome for suffocating out weed growth and is a very sturdy warm season grass.
You can’t seed zoysia grass – you need to plug it with pre-established grass plugs or sod squares. It spreads rapidly through stolen growth. It’s similar to St Augustine which I have in my yard.
As others have noted it gets VERY thick which can be problematic for mowers so make sure you have one that’s strong enough. I’m currently trying to use robotic mowers on my St Augustine and the thickness creates some issues for sure.
This looks like my Zoysia Palisades. It could be Emerald or some other variety though. Normally a warm season grass so if it is it’s interesting to see it up there. The different varieties differ quite a bit in how they look and feel
It’s very much in the nature of this sub to have 5 distinct, confident answers to this question.
When does it go dormant? Zoysia when turn brown once it drops below zero at night more than a night or two. And it won’t green up until night time temps start staying well above freezing.
I am in NE Ohio. There are plenty of zoysia grass lawns here. It goes brown and dormant in the Autumn and returns to green in the late Spring. It is drought resistant but very hard to confine to a single area.
Is it evergreen or does it die back? If evergreen try digging up a clump. If the roots are a mesh of white threads with a bunch of little white bulbs attached, it’s liriope or mondograss. Both have dark, evergreen leaves with rounded tops, not sharply pointed like grass.
I wonder if zoysia would do well in RI. We have pretty mild winters but will have a week or two each winter where it gets pretty bitter.
Wait ‘till winter. Look at neighbors yard, and the new grass from neighbor in your yard.
Did it turn brown? Are you okay with brown grass after the 1st frost each fall?
If you’re are okay with brown after the 1st frost, this grass will be great for you.
Zoysia. Have it in my yard. Used to hate it. Now I love it. Tough as hell
Sharpen your blades homie
I’m in zone 9A where everyone seems to either have St Augustine or Bahaia. Will that grow here?
Central Ohio here. Planted some zoysia plugs about 10 years ago. Wish I had planted more. Stuff is like a carpet with zero weeds in the area I planted. Every year it gets a little wider and a little longer. I’ve pulled plugs from it and planted in other spots but it takes a while to spread. It gets brown early going dormant but always comes back better than the year before.
Buy a plugging tool and start spreading plugs through your lawn. After 2-3 years your whole lawn will look like this
I have zoysia. I bought this https://www.amazon.com/ProPlugger-Garden-Planter-Weeder-Plugger/dp/B003MRTVUI
Helps me propagate it all over my yard. It grows very slowly, but after a few years you might have it all over.
Curious if you still like it in winter. Does it go dormant and turn brown for several months?
If it grows in central New Jersey, I wonder if it will grow in central Massachusetts. I wouldn’t care if it’s brown in the winter as long as it came back in the spring.
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