Has anyone used the Zoysia grass?

I have not but a fiend has. When he decided to order it I was not so sure. But I did help him plant it and dug the little holes with the tool they sent and put in the plugs...lol like a hair transplant...and still I was doubt full. He lived on a rock. Worst soil in NC. Wow in a year the area was covered and overtaking the crap grass that was his so called lawn. It is soft to walk on needs easy care and a little Rapid gro from time to time. but yes its great and I believe it is guaranteed. I live in a town home so I do not need it but if i did I will plant it.

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Zoysiagrasses are warm season grasses native to China, Japan and other parts of Southeast Asia. The species was named to commemorate an 18th century Austrian botanist, Karl von Zois. In 1911, Zoysia matrella was introduced into the United States from Manila by a U.S.D.A. botanist, C. V. Piper. Because of its origin the grass was commonly called Manila grass.

Piper described the grass as abundant on or near the seashore in the Philippine Islands. When closely clipped, it made a beautiful lawn according to Piper's notes. He suggested that the grass had unusual promise as a lawn grass along the Gulf Coast and Atlantic coast of Florida.

Zoysia japonica, sometimes called "Japanese lawn grass" or "Korean lawn grass", is a coarser textured, but more cold hardy species than Zoysia matrella. Zoysia japonica was introduced into the United States in 1895 from the Manchurian Province of China. In the United States, Zoysia japonica could be expected to do very well as far north as Maryland. It is a seeded variety of Zoysia.

The third species of Zoysia used for turf is called Korean velvet grass or Mascarene grass, Zoysia tenuifolia. It is a very fine textured species, but is the least cold tolerant of the three species. Zoysia tenuifolia is native to the Far East and was introduced in the U.S. from the Mascarene Islands. In the U.S. it is used in southern California as a low growing ground cover.

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Yes it is amazing, you do not have to water it that often and it stays very green in the hot months. You just plant a few plugs throughout your yard and eventually it takes over your whole lawn weeds and all. The only bad thing is that in the winter it turns completely brown/tan.

sure didnt work in California... just had a bunch of clumps