Residential / Commercial
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 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.
Zorro Zoysia™
Zorro, the top-rated zoysia grass in NTEP trials, is a fine-bladed grass with a deep green color perfect for golf courses, 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.
Latitude 36™ Bermuda
This versatile grass is perfect for athletic fields, home lawns, tees, fringes, fairways, and roughs. It stands out from other bermudagrass varieties with its ability to withstand low mowing heights, recover quickly from damage, and maintain a superior appearance.
Developed by the esteemed Oklahoma State University, Latitude 36 is not just a cold tolerant bermudagrass. It has been specifically bred for cold tolerance, making it one of the hardiest options available. With its resistance to spring dead spot and exceptional cold hardiness, Latitude 36 surpasses other bermudas on the market.
In addition to its durability, Latitude 36 offers high traffic tolerance and an attractive visual appeal. Its fine texture sets it apart from other popular varieties like Celebration, Tifway 419,
and NorthBridge. Whether it’s for sports fields, golf courses, or residential properties, Latitude 36 is the ideal choice for southern and transitional zone applications.
Celebration® Bermudagrass
Celebration, a vibrant blue-green bermudagrass, 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 professional and college sports fields, golf courses, and residential lawns nationwide. Celebration stands out with its deep, robust roots, rhizomes, and stolons, making it exceptionally resilient. In short, this grass is virtually indestructible.
Centipede
Centipede , know as the “lazy man’s grass,” centipede grass is commonly found on lawns, roadsides, and parks in the southeastern region. Its popularity as a lawn grass is due to its ability to thrive in low fertility conditions and its minimal maintenance needs. However, over-fertilizing and over-watering can lead to a decline in appearance and increase the risk of diseases like brown patch. Centipede grass is a coarse-textured perennial grass that spreads slowly through stolons. It has a yellow-green color and a slow growth rate. This grass has poor cold tolerance and is best suited for sandy, acidic soils in the southeast.
TIFway 419
For decades, Tifway 419 has been the go-to choice for golf course tees, fairways, and roughs in the southern United States. This grass variety is known for its vigorous growth, dense and low habit, and quick recovery from wear and tear.
In addition to golf courses, Tifway 419 is also commonly used on sports fields and 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 Turf®
With its exceptional beauty and functionality, Empire Turf is the Perfect Choice for Homeowners across the southeast, regardless of the climate.
For homeowners, Empire Turf 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 Turf is incredibly easy to grow, making it a hassle-free option for homeowners looking for a low maintenance yet stunning lawn.
One of the standout features of Empire Turf 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 Turf is the ideal choice for homeowners seeking grass with unparalleled beauty, functionality, and adaptability to a range of climatic conditions.
Blended Earth
Blended Earth is your go-to solution for transforming your lawn and garden into a lush, thriving oasis. This premium product is based on high-quality mushroom compost, which originates from the substrate used by commercial mushroom farms.
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