The Do’s and Dont's of Decorating
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Most homeowners are impatient---they want the fastest-growing lawn they can find. Several varieties provide fast cover but considerations like time of year, ground temperature and growing zone can affect the fastest growers.
Lawn grasses have long, slender leaves that grow from jointed stems and self-propagate through rhizomes and stolons.
Annual ryes and fescues grow and die in one season. They grow faster than perennial grasses that live in continuous cycles of growth and dormancy.
Grasses are divided into southern "warm-season" (such as St. Augustine and Bermuda) grasses and "cool-season" northern grasses (such as bluegrass and rye). Bermuda and rye are the fastest-germinating and growing grasses in their regions.
Planting grass in early spring or late fall when the ground temperature is around 60 degrees F, days are sunny and nights are cool helps any grass get off to a faster start. Any grass grows faster in spring when conditions are right.
Fast-growing grasses, such as rye, fescue and Bermuda, shade slower-growing perennial varieties in mixtures that don't grow as fast but live longer.
Check any "miracle blend" for variety proportion, weed and inert matter content---your local hardware store may have a better-starting blend at a more economical price.
