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Old 03-23-2016, 09:24 PM
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Our lawn is one of the St Augustine varieties [sorry I can't remember which one] and it stays a beautiful green all year round - even when other lawns go dormant for the winter!
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Originally Posted by golow View Post
No, I’m not referring to those distinctive “green” lawns. The ones with this darker color almost look a bit black when they are adjacent to a lawn with a “normal light brown dormant” color. When I drive through my area, there are just a handful of lawns like this, probably not more than 10%.
Said this before, but are the dark lawns high standing? If you looked closely at a stalk, would you see black seeds?
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