Best grass species for garden lawn

Which is the best grass for garden lawn?

What is grass?

Grasses are the species of weed-plants.

Scientific name: Various
Family: Poaceace

Grasses for garden lawn

Contents
(1). Questions and answers
(2). Description of some lawn grass
(3). Problems in a lawn

(1). Questions and answers

Questions 01. How many species of grass are present?

Answer: There are 12,000 species of grasses.

Question 02. Which grass is suitable for home lawn or home garden?

Answer: There are several species of grasses which are suitable for home lawn or home garden.

Examples:

Japan grass.
Korean grass.
Bermuda grass.
Doob grass.
Kikuyu grass.
Buffalo turf.
Chain grass.
Meadow.

Question 03. Which grass species is best for lawn making?

Answer: Doob grass, Bermuda grass, Japan grass are the best species of grass for lawn making.

Question 04. What is the alternative of lawn grass?

Answer: Artificial lawn or Astro turf is the alternate of live grass for making lawn.

Question 05. How to propagate lawn grass?

Answer: Use seeds of grass or cutting for propagation.

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Question 06. Which is the easiest method of lawn making?

Answer: Seed

Question 07.Which is the very costly method of lawn making?

Answer: Lawn sheet is the very costly method of lawn making.

Question 08. Where to find best quality lawn grass?

Answer: Don’t go anywhere. It is available nearby you.

Question 09. What are the diseases of lawn grass?

Answer: Browning of grass, nematode etc.

Question 10. How to manage the diseases of lawn grass?

Answer: Use chemicals.

(2). Description of some lawn grass

Japan grass.
Korean grass.
Bermuda grass.
Doob grass.
Kikuyu grass.
Buffalo turf.
Chain grass.
Meadow.

2.1: Japan grass

Scientific name: Zoisia japonica
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is coarse
It grows very well even in poor soil
The grass loves open sunny situation.

2.2: Korean grass

Scientific name: Zoysia tenuifolia
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is a fine texture grass
It is suitable for open sunny situation

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2.3: Bermuda grass

Scientific name: Cynodon sp.
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is a fine grass
It needs open sunny situation
Regular moving is necessary.

2.4: Doob grass

Scientific name: Cynodon dactylon
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is medium fine grass.
Suitable for open sunny situation.
Resistant to water scarcity.

2.5: Kikuyu grass

Scientific name: Pennisetum clandestinum
Family: Poaceace
Native place: East Africa

Characteristics

Texture is rough
Suitable for acid soil
Suitable for high altitude

2.6: Buffalo turf

Scientific name: Stenotaphrum secundatum
Other name: Augustine grass
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

The grass has coarse texture.
It is shade loving grass.
It is drought sensitive.

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2.7: Manila grass

Scientific name: Zoysia matrella
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is a fine texture grass
It is suitable for open sunny situation

2.8: Chain grass

Scientific name: Sporobolus tremulus
Family: Poaceace

Characteristics

It is a fine grass species.
Sensitive to acidic soil.
Open sunny situation.

2.9: Meadow grass

Scientific name: Poa annua
Family: Poaceae

Characteristics

It is medium fine.
Not suitable for saline soils

(3). Problems in a lawn

Insect.
Diseases.
Deficiency of nutrients.

External links:

Manila grass
Japani grass
Lawn maintenance

References:

Question 01: Christenhusz, M. J. M., and Byng, J. W. (2016). The number of known plant species in the world and its annual increase. Phytotaxa, P- 261.