Carolina Lawns

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Table 2. Warm-Season Cultivars

Grass	Cultivars	Comments
Bermudagrass	Common Guymon Sahara	Similar performance. Can be seeded.
	Tifway Tifway II	Hybrids. Require frequent mowing with a reel-type mower. Must be vegetatively planted.
	Midiron Vamont	Cold tolerant. Better Suited to western piedmont than other bermudagrass cultivars.
	Tifdwarf Tifgreen Tifgreen II	Not recommended for home use because of high management requirements.
	Cheyenne Eclipse Sonesta Sundevil Tropica	Performance unknown
Zoysiagrass	Emerald Meyer (Z-52, Amazoy)	Readily available. Fine texture. Use reel-type mower. Emerald has finer texture. Meyer most cold tolerant.
Zoysiagrass	Belair Cashmire El-Toro Midwest Sunburst Z-26	Performance unknown.
St. Augustinegrass	Raleigh	Cold Tolerant
	Raleigh S	Seeded. Performance Unknown.
	Common Delma Floralawn Floratarn Jade Seville	May not have sufficient cold tolerance.

Note: Because the release and evaluation of turfgrass cultivars change rapidly, you are encouraged to contact your county Cooperative Extension Center for the latest information on grass characteristics and selection.