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St. Augustine Grass<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\nSt. Augustine Grass, photo from Cuyamaca College, CA, via Wikimedia<\/p>\n

COMMON NAME<\/strong>: St. Augustine Grass<\/p>\n

BOTANICAL NAME<\/strong>: Stenotaphrum secundatum<\/em><\/p>\n

PRONUNCIATION<\/strong>: sten-no-TAY-frum seh-coon-DAY-tum<\/p>\n

TYPE<\/strong>: Warm season, Sun to part shade, Solid sod<\/p>\n

MOWING HEIGHT<\/strong>: 2 – 4 inches<\/p>\n

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HABIT<\/strong>: Wide-bladed grass, spreads by stolons, most shade tolerant of our warm season grasses. \u2018Raleigh\u2019 is a hybrid resistant to St. Augustine decline (SAD), and is more cold hardy than hybrids \u2018Seville\u2019 and \u2018Floratam.\u2019<\/p>\n

CULTURE<\/strong>: Any well-drained soil that is fairly fertile. Not as tough as Bermudagrass. When killed by hard winter freezes like in 2021, pamper it with the organic program to bring it back, or plant plugs or sod. Light organic fertilizer can go under the sod before putting it down.<\/p>\n

USES<\/strong>: Lawn grass, shade.<\/p>\n

PROBLEMS<\/strong>: Chinch bugs, grubworms, diseases.<\/p>\n

NOTES<\/strong>: Native to Africa and the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n

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