Turf Types
The success of your lawn is dependent on quite a few factors, none more so than the type of turf that you select. Tifton Turf proudly offers several types of turf that will satisfy the needs of many types of projects and ensure a beautiful lawn for years to come.
Empire
EMPIRE Zoysia is a revolutionary medium-bladed, dark green zoysia grass that features excellent wear tolerance, requires less mowing and chemical applications and is chinch bug resistant. Most importantly in Georgia, EMPIRE Turf allows the water supply to be shut off in severe periods of drought without the danger of permanently harming the lawn. It thrives in hot, humid conditions.
Geo
Geo Zoysia is known for its exceptional beauty in all applications, a fine bladed grass with a deep green color. Geo is an excellent choice, in applications with full sun or extreme shade.sun. With minimal thatch and excellent wear tolerance, Geo presents a high-quality, dense turf.
Meyer
Myer Zoysia is a dense turf known for preventing weed invasion. It exhibits excellent wear tolerance, making it an ideal choice for high traffic areas. Myer is moderately shade tolerant, and provides a dense green turf when cool-season grasses are off-peak. Meyer is known as a premium lawn grass, and its low water requirements and superior cold tolerance make it a popular golf course grass as well.
Zeon
Zeon® Zoysia is known as the “barefoot grass” because of its fine blade and ability to thrive in both sun and shade and has a Bermuda feel and high stress tolerance. A hearty grass that is disease and insect resistant, it will establish well in many different types of soil. Zeon cannot be grown from seed and is a Certified “Blue Tag” Sod available only by Licensed Producers.
Tifway 419
Tifway 419 Bermuda is popular for its combination of toughness with beauty. It’s dense, rapid spreading growth habit makes it quickly able to recover from injury, making it one of the most durable Bermuda grass choices for both homes and sports fields. It tolerates close mowing, and is highly disease resistant.
TifEagle
TifEagle is the preferred choice for superintendents because his reputation rides on the quality of his greens. It’s the third generation of bermudagrass varieties developed exclusively for golf greens at the Coastal Plains Experiment Station in Tifton GA. Compared to its ultra-dwarf counterparts, TifEagle hybrid bermudagrass has improved health, quality and playability.
