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Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 11
Plant Height: 6-12 inches
Plant Spread: 2-3 foot long runners
Leaves: Semi-evergreen
Broadleaf
Other: Thick carpet like sod crowds out most weeds and other grasses.
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Other info: Recently viable seed has become available.
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Other: Spreads by above ground stolons known as 'runners' and forms a dense layer.
Containers: Not suitable for containers

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Common names
  • St. Augustine Grass
  • St. Augustinegrass

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Location: My garden in Southeast Virginia
Date: 2013-07-23
Comments:
  • Posted by virginiarose (Virginia - Zone 8a) on Oct 13, 2013 1:06 PM concerning plant:
    Floratam was released in 1973 and resists the viral infection St. Augustine decline (SAD) and the chinch bug. Not as cold or shade tolerant.

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