Your Palmetto St. Augustine is an excellent variety, very shade tolerant and deep green. Everybody who has Augustine grass should learn about chinch bugs. Eventually they will get to your St ...

centipede and zoysia - St. Augustine is the most shade tolerant. Palmetto is generally considered one of the more shade tolerant cultivars of St. Augustine. Try sodding this grass in the shady area.

Question: When can I start fertilizing my new palmetto St. Augustine lawn? It was planted a month ago and has taken root. However, the grass is already thinning in the dappled shade areas.

Danny Lippi, master arborist and consultant of Advanced Tree Care in St. Augustine, said he’s diagnosed ... the native Sabal Palmetto, or cabbage palm. “That is one of the most important ...