Zoysia

Zoysia {{{latin_name}}}	Zoysiagrass
	Habit: Height: ⇕ Width: ⇔ Lifespan: ⌛ perennial Origin: ✈ SE Asia Poisonous: ☠	Exposure: ☼ full sun, shade (tolerant) Water: ◍ Features: ✓ Hardiness: ☃ Bloom: ❀ USDA Zones: Sunset Zones:
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Genus of 5 warm season, creeping grasses, used for lawn turf. Grow from both runners and rhizomes. Sharply pointed stiff leaves are rounded to a little flattened, and may have hairs by the base. Leaf margins are smooth and surface can bee fine to coarse in its texture. Short stalks produces little sheathed spikes or spikelets with just one flower on it.

Cultivation

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Usually planted late spring/early summer as springs or plugs. Adapt to majority of soils in full sun, but can also tolerate shade.

Species

Selected species and hybrids:

• Zoysia 'Emerald' (Zoysia japonica × Zoysia tenuifolia)
• Zoysia japonica
• Zoysia tenuifolia

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References

• Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881926248

External links

• w:Zoysia. Some of the material on this page may be from Wikipedia, under the Creative Commons license.
• Zoysia QR Code (Size 50, 100, 200, 500)