As a turf-grass scientist at Virginia Tech, Mike Goatley has spent years looking at the various types of grass used for America’s archetypal landscape feature, the lawn. His preference comes down to ...

"I live in North Louisiana and my Zoysia grass in the backyard is being taken over by Bermuda. Is there a way to get rid of it without killing the Zoysia?" –Liz Answer: Well, unfortunately, there's no ...

Say the words zoysia or Bermuda grass and you will get very strong reactions, ranging from “love it” to “invasive weed!” These warm season grasses are yard staples in the South. But for us Northerners ...

DALLAS — Zoysia grass, introduced into the United States from China in 1895, grows well in lightly shaded areas. It's fairly drought-tolerant, similar to Bermuda. And it handles wear and tear. It ...

After 13 struggling years of trying to keep up a nice fescue lawn – I’m finished. My wife and I moved here in 1997 and currently live in Williamsburg. We subscribe to the Va Tech lawn care approach – ...

About 42 years ago, Paul Weiss spent days on his knees installing a lawn he hoped would last forever — several hundred Zoysia plugs he ordered for about $17 from a magazine ad. Within no time, those ...

Q. I have just gotten my soil test results back from Texas A&M. They seem really odd because I want to work up a vegetable garden area, and the tests say I should add only nitrogen. Don't I want ...

I looked back through all of the gardening articles I have written and failed to see anything that I published about zoysia grass. Since I have had an increase in interest about it this year, it seems ...

Tom Rogers and his yard are the envy of the neighborhood this summer. While surrounding cool-season fescue lawns bake in abnormally dry, hot weather, his warm-season zoysia stays mostly lush and green ...