Has anyone hear of Zoysia Grass? I found a advertisement about it and it states it will grow anywhere with little maintenance. I live in Georgia and have fill dirt in my back yard that and I need to plant grass. The picture of the Zoysia looks good in the advertisement but is it as thick and soft as it looks?

Zoysia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Some good info that will be useful to you there.

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Zoysia grass grows well in the Southern states climates. In the North here it does not fare well. Here is additional information on Zoysia:

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Some Thoughts on Zoysia Grass - All About Lawns

I have it here in Tennessee. We planted some last year. It is rather slow growing, but is absolutely gorgeous. It comes in "plugs" and you just "drill" a little hole in the ground and simply plug it in.

Scared us at first, since it is a little expensive, that it looked like it was dying. However, so far this spring it is beginning to take over where we planted it.

We just love our zoysia!!

Zoysia sod is the best we have in the Birmingham area. Bermuda will grow but requires full sun. It also sends out runners and is invasive at beds. St. Augustine and Centipede are both invasive also but are more shade tolerant.


There are generally two types of Zoysia commonly referred to as emerald or Z52. The emerald is finer, harder to mow but all things equal probably the prettiest of the two. Z52/Meyer has a little wider blade and is easier to mow. It too is a very thick and expensive looking sod. Shade and grass do not go together regardless of the variety. Limb up trees as appropriate to allow more light in or reshape your beds to include shady areas where grass won't thrive with shrubs and ground covers.

If you have extremely large and thick shade trees but must have a lawn you can seed with Fescue and keep overseeding fall and spring. The seeds have enough stored energy to last a season but they too will not thrive in dense shade. Fescue is an evergreen sod. The others go dormant during the winter months except in lower GA.

Well, I ordered and got my Zoysia plugs this past Wednesday afternoon. We worked all day Thursday, Friday and half a day on Saturday digging holes, cutting the sod in 1 inch squares and planting. Oh, my back. This was very hard work. It's Sunday night and I am still feeling the pain. If it don't live, we will go with the Fescue seeds next time. Thanks to all for the response.

Grandma, don't get all freaked out if in 2 or 3 days or more it looks like it is dying. We had that problem all summer long last summer and here it is spring, even though it feels like summer here in Tenn and the zoysia is as beautiful as ever. So, keep your chin up if it goes brown on you.

The other thing, like I said, it is very slow growing. So, just sit back and be patient.