Bermuda Grass (American Grass)

Bermuda grass is a perennial warm-season grass widely used for lawn and pasture grass. Its toughness, adaptability, and creeping growth habit attract either appreciation or disdain from homeowners, gardeners, landscapers, and others who plant it or are invaded by it.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS
All lawn grasses require mowing and fertilizing, but they vary significantly in those needs. Matching your grass to desired maintenance levels helps keep lawn care from becoming a burden. Bermudagrass is the fastest growing common warm-season lawn grass.

HEAT TOLERANCE
Bermudagrass is extremely heat tolerant — daytime temperatures of 28 to 40 degrees Celsius are optimal. Bermudagrass yields dense, resilient, heat-tolerant lawns.

DROUGHT TOLERANCE
Deep extensive roots of many warm-season grasses help them withstand drought better than other grasses. Most lawn grasses typically need at least 1 inch of water from rainfall or irrigation per week. During extended dry periods, even drought-tolerant Bermudagrass may need 1 to 1 1/2 inches per week to stay green and growing. Without enough water, they may enter a period of protective dormancy and go brown until water returns.

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