We want our customers' lawns to look great, and one way to make sure your lawn is well cared for is to know what kind of lawn you have! Here are the six most common lawns in Colorado and how to care for them! The photos all show their flower so you can better identify them.
If you want help with your lawn, please consider reaching out to us, otherwise, please enjoy this free resource!
This is a warm-season, bunch grass with flat blades one to two millimeters wide; the color is blue-green; the texture is fine and soft during periods of active growth; state grass of Colorado.
Mature Height: 6 to 18 inches; mow to 2 1/2 to 3 inches or leave unmowed to allow the development of attractive seed heads.
Watering: 1/2 to 3/4 inch every two weeks during hot, dry spells.
Sun/shade: Likes full sun, poor to fair shade tolerance.
Traffic: Fair tolerance to traffic during periods of active growth.
This cool-season, bunch grass with medium blades; color varies from light green to blue-green; the texture is soft.
Height: 12 to 30 inches, mow to three inches.
Watering: 3/4 to 1 inch every week during hot, dry spells.
Sun/shade: Tolerates both sun and shade.
Traffic: Fair tolerance to traffic.
A cool-season, sod-forming grass with fine blades; color varies by variety from medium to very dark green; the texture is fine and soft.
Height: 18 to 24 inches; mow to 3-4 inches. May need less water in shade or well-amended soil, or if the property owner will accept less than optimum appearance.
Watering: 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches every week during hot, dry spells.
Sun/shade: Likes full sun to light shade; some varieties such as Bristol, Glade, Nugget and America tolerate shade better than other varieties.
Traffic: Good tolerance to traffic, some varieties more so than others.
This is a warm-season, sod-forming grass with fine blades; the color is blue-green, and the texture is fine and soft during periods of active growth.
Height: Four to eight inches; mow to 2 to 2 1/2 inches or leave unmowed.
Watering: 1/2 to 3/4 inch every 2 weeks during hot, dry spells.
Sun/shade: Likes full sun; poor to fair shade tolerance.
Traffic: Fair to good tolerance to traffic during periods of active growth.
This is a cool-season, bunch grass with wider blades; color varies by variety from medium to dark green; texture varies from soft to medium coarse.
Height: 24-36 inches; mow to 3 inches.
Watering: 3/4 to 1 inch every week during hot, dry spells. If planted in heavy clay soil that prevents the development of a long root system, may require as much water as Kentucky bluegrass.
Sun/shade: Likes full sun to moderate shade.
Traffic: Good tolerance.
A cool-season bunchgrass with medium to dark green glossy blades.
Height: 10 to 24 inches, mow to 2 1/2 to 3 inches.
Watering: 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches per week during hot, dry spells
Sun/shade: Poor to fair shade tolerance; prefers full sun.
Traffic: Good tolerance; sometimes used alone or mixed with Kentucky bluegrass for sports fields.
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