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Originally Posted by Dee8go
Actually, I think you plant Zoysia grass in plugs in your exisiting lawn. Then it just gradually takes over the whole lawn. I'm sure Swamp will have the difinitive answer about this.
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Up here it's dormant (read brown) for 6 months out of the year which is one of the reasons we sell turf paint.
But during the summer it greens right up, is real drought resistant and grows slowly. I'm more of a cool season grass guy so I'm not sure what your best bet would be in TX. You can buy it in plugs and the stuff does spread pretty quickly. As you might imagine it does stand out when dormant when compared to the other grasses that might be in the lawn. It might not go dormant in your area.
If you still want that "bluegrass look" but want a far hardier and less needy grass turf-type tall fescue might work. They tend to be slower growing than common/K31 tall fescue but still give you the heat and drought tolerance with that medium blade, dark green color.
Fine leaf fescues (creeping, chewings, sheeps, hard) are popular in our area for their heat and drought tolerance and used a lot in low maintenance or organic leaning lawns but they are a much finer, almost wire-like, texture which some people don't like.
Bermudagrass may be your best best which you can get in sprigs or seed.
I'll PM you some contact info. from a fellow turf co-op member in Amarillo who might be better able to help.