| Turfgrasses | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Botanical Name and Common Name | Water Use Zone | NC Hardiness Zone | Shade Tolerance | Propagation | Green Foliage | When to Plant |
| Axonopus affinis Carpet Grass | 1,2,3 | 7b to 8 | Fair | Seed | Spring, Summer, Fall | May-July |
| Cynodon dactylon Common Bermuda | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Poor | Sprigs or Seed | Spring, Summer, or Fall | May-July |
| Cynodon dactylon hybrids 'Tifway,' 'Tifgreen,' Bermuda | 1,2,3 | 6b to 8 | Poor | Springs, Plugs, Sod | Summer,Fall | |
| Eremochloa ophiuroides Centipede | 1,2,3 | 7 to 8 | Fair | Sprigs, Seeds, Plugs, Sod | Summer, Fall | May-July |
| Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue | 1,2,3 | 6b, 7b | Good | Seed, Sod | Most of Year | Sept-Oct |
| Poa pratensis Kentucky Bluegrass | 1,2 | 6b | Good to Fair if in Shade | Most of Year | Sept-Oct | |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum St. Augustine | 1,2,3 | 8 | Excellent | Springs, Plugs, Sod | Spring, Summer, Fall | May-July |
| Zoysia hybrids 'Emerald~, Meyer~, Matrella' Zoysia | 1,2 | 6b to 8 | Good | Sprigs, Plugs, Sod | Spring, Summer, Fall | May-July |