St. Augustine grass is a popular warm-season grass that is commonly used for lawns in our area. Unfortunately, the volatility of our West Texas weather has taken a toll on the St. Augustine grass.

If you are considering replacing your lawn, think about these options. St. Augustine grass has been the standard in Northeast Florida for years, and there are many different varieties to choose from.

(Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) I have some bad-looking spots in my St. Augustine grass because the sprinkler system has a really goofy feature that mysteriously kicked on. The controller ...

For years, St. Augustine grass has been the lawn of choice of homeowners in Northeast Florida, but some want a change. Maybe they want a lawn with a finer texture or one that doesn't get chinch bugs.

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 ...

Plants don’t water themselves.” He said St. Augustine grass has been unfairly assailed as a “water hog” with an unquenchable thirst while Zoysia and other less-appealing species are ...

Over the years, the program has generated thousands of new St. Augustine grass lines, as well as other turfgrass lines, Chandra said. These lines are evaluated at different locations over a period ...

One major factor, among many, is our use of chemicals including fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides to support and beautify our lawns (e.g., St. Augustine ... turf grass has replaced viable ...

spreading its pus-colored infection yard to yard with a focus solely on Florida’s favorite variety of its ubiquitous St. Augustine grass. Lethal viral necrosis has spurred civil war between ...

St. Augustine has only stolons (above-ground “runners”) to produce new growth. There are no rhizomes (below-ground “runners”) like with Bermuda grass to repopulate the bare ground.

Dear Neil: This spring I reseeded my lawn with Bermuda grass over St. Augustine. Now the Bermuda has taken over one-fourth of my lawn. Will it eventually overtake all of the St. Augustine?

St. Augustine grass is also the turf variety most susceptible to grass diseases and insect pests particularly brown patch fungus, chinch bugs and grubs. If your neighborhood has deer, consider ...