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minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 days agoSome commenters here really need to go and come into contact with Eremochloa ophiuroides
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoRespectfully, I must disagree. I recommend Poa pratensis, but I admit that this varies based on the USDA plant hardiness zone.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI certainly agree that the texture of Poa Pratensis is much more pleasurable. However, being in zone 8 and not wanting to seed my entire lawn every year, I’m more familiar with E. ophiuroides and Zoysia japonica.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoThat was a way more thorough response than I was expecting. Also, “zoysia” is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. How do you keep it under control?
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoMy yard is surrounded by pine forest, nature does a good job of keeping it from spreading too far. No flower beds, decorative plants in pots. It’s low maintenance and looks good enough for the backyard and I don’t have neighbors close enough to complain about rhizomes.
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoSounds like paradise. Keep living your best life.
Some commenters here really need to go and come into contact with Eremochloa ophiuroides
Respectfully, I must disagree. I recommend Poa pratensis, but I admit that this varies based on the USDA plant hardiness zone.
I certainly agree that the texture of Poa Pratensis is much more pleasurable. However, being in zone 8 and not wanting to seed my entire lawn every year, I’m more familiar with E. ophiuroides and Zoysia japonica.
That was a way more thorough response than I was expecting.
Also, “zoysia” is a name I haven’t heard in a long time. How do you keep it under control?
My yard is surrounded by pine forest, nature does a good job of keeping it from spreading too far. No flower beds, decorative plants in pots.
It’s low maintenance and looks good enough for the backyard and I don’t have neighbors close enough to complain about rhizomes.
Sounds like paradise. Keep living your best life.