Cool VS Warm Season Grasses
Grasses are categorised as either Cool or Warm season. Great Aussie Lawns stocks a range of both. Here we find out more, their best growing regions, their look and feel, plus how to choose the right one for your own lawn.
WARM SEASON GRASSES include couch grass, kikuyu, and buffalo grass. They grow best in temperatures between around 20 to 32 degrees celcius. They have better heat and drought tolerance than cool season grasses and are suited to warmer regions e.g. New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia.
As a group, they're tough and tolerant of low mowing. They are stoloniferous grasses which will means they will spread and thicken the turf.
It's important that they're kept well controlled as they can colonise surrounding garden beds. It's also important to note that their colour retention in winter is lower.
Advanced Seed Royal Bengal Couch
Landscape Range Turbocote Kikuyu Lawn Seed
COOL SEASON GRASSES include Ryegrass, Fescues, Bluegrass and Bentgrass. They grow best in temperatures between 15 and 25 degrees celcius.
They're suited to cooler climates and are at their best during the spring and autumn periods. Cool Season grasses are suitable for areas such as Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria, ACT and some areas of New South Wales.
Cool Season grasses can be brilliant green and very soft to feel, creating a premium looking lawn.
Cool season grasses are more susceptible to heat and drought, but will perform in partial shade. They can require higher water use, and during high humidity they can be more susceptible to leaf diseases.
The ideal mowing height for cool season grasses is 2-3 cm as they're not tolerant of low mowing. Bentgrass is an exception here and will tolerate mowing down to a height of 1.5cm.
Browse our range of Cool Season Grasses:
Landscape Range Greenland Seed Blend
Landscape Range Premium Lawn Seed Blend
Landscape Range General Purpose Blend
Landscape Range Sun & Shade Blend
Landscape Range All Winter Green Blend
Rapid Green Defiant XRE Tall Fescue