Saint Augustine Grass seed

LATIN NAME: Stenotaphrum secundatum

COMMON NAME: St. Augustine Grass

The St. Augustine grass carpets the open ground with the broad, blue-green runners, the fine, flattened blades knitting into a soft, thick turf, and the whole lawn carries the fresh, even look of the warm garden. The vigorous, creeping, warm-season grass carries the broad, flattened, blue-green blades on the long, rooting runners, and the short, dense flower spikes with the tiny spikelets rise above the turf through the late summer, one of the steady, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the many tiny, straw-coloured grains. The dense, soft turf has a very long record as the lawn of the warm gardens, and the grass is a historic presence of the warm garden. It is a grass of the open, sunny, rich, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The St. Augustine grass is a historic subject of the plant science, and the rooting runners keep showing up in the work on the warm-season turf grasses. The way the long, rooting runners knit the dense, soft turf over the open ground has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-season turf grasses, the flattened blades and the members of the grass family. The dense turf and the creeping habit have also made it a fine study grass, and the St. Augustine grass is a regular subject of the work on the rooting runners of the warm world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The St. Augustine grass is a fresh, useful grass of the warm garden and the study collection. The broad, flattened, blue-green blades on the long, rooting runners carry the even look of the warm garden, one of the steady, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, and the dense, soft turf has a very long record as the lawn of the warm gardens, the fine, thick turf coming to the lawns, the sports fields and the steady green cover of the old gardens, while the short, dense flower spikes rise above the turf through the late summer, to be followed by the many tiny, straw-coloured grains. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the lawn and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the agricultural papers for the dense turf and the very long history. It is a fresh, useful grass of the open, sunny, rich, moist, well-drained garden.

The St. Augustine grass seeds start well in a rich, loamy mix kept warm and steadily moist. Once the young runners root, they are quick and tough, and they knit into a soft, dense turf in the open, sunny ground of the warm garden.

To grow the St. Augustine grass from seed, press the fine, straw-coloured seeds into the surface of the tray of rich, loamy soil, then keep them evenly moist, keep the tray in a bright, warm spot, then set the young turf out in the open ground. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and knit into a soft carpet over the warm months. With the sun and the rich, moist ground, the blue-green turf will spread steadily.

Uses: Greening Project