Sod & Grass Seed
Turfgrass plays an essential role in any landscape. It provides an open space for you to walk, play, entertain, and enjoy your garden. Below are grasses we typically carry and use in landscaping. Please call to confirm availability if there is a particular grass you are interested in.
Seashore Paspalum
(Available as sod)
$5.00 per sf.
Color and Texture: Medium to dark green, fine texture.
Other Characteristics: Thin-bladed grass with a dense root system.
Growth Rate: Fast
Shade Tolerance: Poor to fair
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Good to fair
Salt Tolerance: Extremely high tolerance to salt
Drought Tolerance: Fair to good
Establishment: Sod, stolons
Use: Good for home lawns, commercial landscapes, and resort areas
Maintenance: Mow between 1 to 1-1/2 inches for highest quality. For weed control, wet grass thoroughly and evenly broadcast 10 lb table salt per 1,000 square feet or spot treat with salt shaker.
Sod
Zoysia El Toro
(Available as sod)
$7.00 per sf.
Color and Texture: Light to medium green: dense, coarser leaf textured, and stiff leaves.
Other Characteristics: Dense turf when established.
Growth Rate: Slow
Shade Tolerance: Good
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Excellent
Salt Tolerance: Good-excellent
Drought Tolerance: Excellent
Establishment: Sod, stolons
Use: Good for home lawns, commercial landscapes, and resort areas
Maintenance: Mow between 1 and 2 inches, as preferred.
Zoysia Emerald
(Available as sod)
$7.00 per sf.
Color and Texture: Dark to medium green; fine, soft texture with thin blades.
Other Characteristics: Lush and dense when established. Short periods of flooding are tolerated.
Growth Rate: Slow
Shade Tolerance: Good
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Excellent
Salt Tolerance: Good-excellent
Drought Tolerance: Excellent
Establishment: Sod, stolons
Use: Good for home lawns, commercial landscapes, and resort areas
Maintenance: Mow between 3/4 and 2 inches, as preferred.
Dwarf St. Augustine
(Available as sod)
$7.00 per sf.
Color and Texture: Medium green; dense, wide, and long leaves.
Very coarse appearance.
Other Characteristics: Spread horizontally stem above ground.
Growth Rate: Very fast
Shade Tolerance: Good
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Poor
Salt Tolerance: Very good
Drought Tolerance: Good
Establishment: Sod, sprigs
Use: Excellent for large areas such as resort lawns under trees
Maintenance: Mow between 2 to 4 inches, as preferred.
Seed
Common Bermuda
(Available as seed)
$18.00 per pound
Color and Texture: Grayish-green; fine texture.
Other Characteristics: Fast recovery from damage.
Growth Rate: Fast
Shade Tolerance: Poor
Foot Traffic Tolerance: Very good
Salt Tolerance: Very good
Drought Tolerance: Excellent
Establishment: Seed
Use: Best choice for athletic fields, pets and children’s yard
Maintenance: Mowing height range between 3/4 to 1-1/2 inches.
Rye Grass
(Available as seed)
$3.25 per pound
Characteristics: Rye typically germinates in 3-7days.
Growth Rate: Very fast
Shade Tolerance: Poor
Establishment: Seed
Use: Rye is often combined with Bermuda grass to quickly establish vegetation in areas that are susceptible to erosion or that need immediate growth. .
Maintenance: Rye is short-lived, typically lasting about 6 months .
Bahia Grass
(Available as seed)
$10.00 per pound
Color and Texture: Long, narrow, blue-green leaves; medium texture.
Characteristics: It's not well-adapted to high pH soil
Growth Rate: Fast
Shade Tolerance: Poor
Salt Tolerance: Poor
Drought Tolerance: Excellent
Establishment: Seed
Use: It's used for eroded area, roadsides due to its deep, fibrous root system.
Maintenance: Frequent mowing with rotary mower is needed for the best appearance.