Grasses
Sod Varieties for Lawns
Selecting the optimal grass type for your home lawn can be a daunting task. It is essential to acquaint yourself with the various options available and undertake the necessary steps to make an informed decision that will be a valuable investment for your new lawn. Our team of experts at Modern Turf is here to assist you with every step of the process to ensure you are making the best choice specific to your lawn’s needs.
Many of our team members come from backgrounds as golf course superintendents and landscape professionals, so we truly understand grass and the art of growing it. Modern Turf offers products and services all year round, freeing up your time to relish life and ensuring your lawn becomes the pride of the neighborhood.
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Stadium Zoysia
Stadium Zoysia showcases a fine to medium leaf texture combined with a rich green color. It boasts impressive shade and drought resistance, as well as exceptional salt tolerance. This grass features an extensive network of stolons, rhizomes, and roots, characterized by short stolon and internode lengths. It spreads quickly and possesses a density that suits high impact sports and facilitates golf course divot recovery. In simulated wear tolerance trials conducted at the University of Tennessee, Stadium Zoysia exhibited wear tolerance comparable to that of Tifway 419.
Zorro Zoysia™
Zorro, the top-rated zoysia grass in NTEP trials, is a fine-bladed grass with a deep green color perfect for commercial properties and residential lawns. Its shade tolerance, durability, disease resistance, and beauty make it a popular choice over St. Augustine and centipede lawns.
Whether mowed with a reel mower at 1⁄4” or a rotary at 3”, Zorro thrives. Its superior shade tolerance allows it to grow in areas where other grasses struggle, and its fall color retention makes it a great choice from tropical regions to the transition zone.
NorthBridge®
NorthBridge Bermudagrass is a high-performance hybrid bermudagrass developed for elite turf applications. Bred through Oklahoma State University’s turfgrass improvement program, NorthBridge has become a proven performer on golf course fairways and tees throughout the transition zone and southern United States.
NorthBridge is recognized for its fine leaf texture, dense canopy, and exceptional turf strength. Its aggressive lateral growth and rapid recovery from divoting provide a firm, uniform playing surface capable of handling high cart and foot traffic. For superintendents focused on surface consistency and long-term stand persistence, NorthBridge delivers durability without sacrificing aesthetics.
In golf environments, NorthBridge demonstrates excellent cold tolerance compared to many traditional bermudagrasses, supporting winter survival and reliable spring transition in northern bermuda regions. Early spring green-up, strong summer performance, and extended fall color retention contribute to longer seasonal playability and improved visual presentation.
NorthBridge thrives under professional maintenance programs and responds well to fertility, growth regulation, and traffic management strategies common to high-end golf facilities. Its combination of density, recuperative potential, and environmental resilience makes it particularly well-suited for fairways and tee complexes where turf quality and durability must coexist.
Celebration® Bermudagrass
Celebration, a vibrant blue green Bermuda grass, has consistently outperformed other varieties in various university research studies. It excels in wear tolerance, recovery, drought resistance, and shade tolerance, making it a top choice for residential lawns nationwide. Celebration stands out with its deep, robust roots, rhizomes, and stolons, making it exceptionally resilient.
In short, don’t be surprised if your lawn turns into the neighborhood hangout for all things recreational, given that this grass is nearly indestructible.
Centipede
Centipede grass, often referred to as the “lazy man’s grass,” is a common sight in lawns, along roadsides, and in parks throughout the Southeast. Its appeal as a lawn grass stems from its ability to prosper in low-fertility conditions with minimal upkeep. However, excessive fertilization and watering can diminish its appearance and heighten the risk of diseases such as brown patch.
Centipede grass, a coarse-textured perennial, expands slowly via stolons and features a yellow-green hue with a modest growth rate. It has limited cold tolerance and thrives in the sandy, acidic soils typical of the Southeast.
TIFway 419
Tifway 419 Bermuda grass is highly popular due to its adaptability to the Southern climate and soil conditions. It thrives in hot, humid environments and has a long growing season, making it ideal for homeowners and landscapers.
Its resilience to drought, heat, and disease, along with impressive salt tolerance for coastal areas, enhances its appeal. Tifway 419 grass can grow in various soil types and features a deep root system that allows it to access water and nutrients, ensuring sustainability during droughts.
Tifway 419 is commonly used in various landscape settings. While it may not be the ideal option for residential lawns, it excels as the “soccer yard” of the neighborhood, withstanding heavy use.
However, it’s important to note that Tifway 419 requires high maintenance, including frequent mowing, watering, fertilizing, and other cultural practices, to maintain its quality turf appearance.
BIMINI®
Bermudagrass, a warm-season turf, excels in residential environments thanks to its remarkable tolerance to heat and drought. Characterized by fine blades, it presents a verdant look, bolstered by rapid growth, profound root systems, and thick rhizomes. Its resilience against daily wear makes it an ideal selection for domestic lawns, offering a robust and appealing ground cover that boosts the aesthetic value of properties.
EMPIRE Zoysia®
With its exceptional beauty and functionality, Empire is the perfect choice for homeowners across the southeast, regardless of the climate.
For homeowners, Empire is a durable and visually appealing grass that surpasses centipede or Tall Fescue as the superior choice. Its eye-catching appearance adds a touch of elegance to any residential property. What’s more, Empire is incredibly easy to grow, making it a hassle-free option for homeowners looking for a low maintenance yet stunning lawn.
One of the stand-out features of Empire is its ability to retain its vibrant color throughout the fall season. Even during the winter months, it transforms into a beautiful golden brown, adding warmth and charm to any landscape.
Empire is the ideal choice for homeowners seeking grass with unparalleled beauty, functionality, and adaptability to a range of climatic conditions.
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