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Zoysia japonica (Zoysia grass)

Z. japonica is a dense low-growing, slow-growing perennial. Excellent drought and heat tolerance, but turns straw colored when temperatures its cold and temperture is below 5 C. Good shade tolerance, prefers well drained soils with a pH between 6 and 7.  It can be planted  anytime of year with sod or plugs. The leaves are slightly hairy and are the most coarse-textured of the zoysias. Drought and salt tolerant.

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