Types of Instant Lawn Adelaide Residents Can Select.
Visual Landscape Gardening offer a range of natural lawns, that can be rolled out, providing you with a lush lawn solution to suit the location and most importantly Adelaide conditions.
There are five roll out lawns Adelaide home owners can choose from, two are buffalo varieties, one is a male sterile kikuyu and another two are couch grasses.
Instant lawn Adelaide residents can have rolled out, as the name suggests, is natural turf that is rolled out to provide home owners with a quick replacement to a tired existing lawned area, or as often is the case, a new landscaping solution to provide a more useable place to play or relax.
Kings Pride Buffalo
One of the best natural turfs for Adelaide conditions, able to handle the hot Sun during Summer, extremely shade tolerant and keeps its colour during Winter.
Kings Pride Buffalo Features
- Ideal for full Sun,
- Ideal for heavy shaded areas,
- Very low maintenance,
- High tolerance to herbicides,
- Drought tolerant,
- Keeps colour all year round.
Sir Walter Buffalo
A soft leaf natural grass, suited to high traffic lawn areas even during the Winter months as it keeps green all year round. We recommend using Sir Walter Buffalo in full Sun areas because it’s not particularly shade tolerant.
Sir Walter Buffalo Features
- Keeps green all year round,
- Superior wear tolerance in high traffic areas,
- Excellent self-repair properties,
- Low thatch level reduces mowing requirements,
- Drought tolerant,
- Fungus resistant and herbicide tolerant.
Eureka Kikuyu
If you’re looking for an instant lawn that’s economical, looks great, has excellent repair qualities growing quickly, then Eureka Kikuyu Grass, a male sterile Kikuyu variety is worth a look, especially for a grass around pools or with high foot traffic across Adelaide.
Eureka Kikuyu Features
- Superior wear tolerance in high traffic areas,
- Excellent self-repair properties,
- Holds colour well during Winter,
- Low thatch level reduces mowing requirements,
- Drought tolerant,
- Fungus resistant and herbicide tolerant.
Windsor Green Couch
Ideally suited to medium traffic areas with full Sun such as for a front lawn. This soft and lush lawn requires less maintenance than most couch grasses while also tolerating Adelaide Winter months better.
Windsor Green Couch Features
- Soft, semi-dwarf couch,
- Slower growing – requires less mowing,
- Low thatch production,
- Drought tolerant,
- Retains colour all year round,
- Good self-repairing qualities.
Santa Anna Couch
Suited to areas that receive at least 6 hours of full Sun every day, this lush instant lawn is fast growing during warm weather so requires mowing weekly during Summer to keep it under control. Not suitable for areas that receive prolonged periods of shade.
Santa Anna Couch Features
- Fine textured lawn blade,
- Suitable for areas that receive full Sun,
- Extremely hard wearing,
- Drought tolerant,
- Excellent self-repairing qualities,
Instant lawn Adelaide residents have rolled out are a natural turf that does require regular maintenance to keep them looking good all year round, some more than others.
While the two buffalo varieties, Sir Walter and King’s Pride do out perform the two couch varieties, they are more aggressive and invasive, so care should be taken when laying them near flower beds by using a good edging material or retaining wall to raise the garden bed areas.
If time is against you, consider the range of artificial grass options made for Adelaide conditions, that are very low maintenance and natural looking.
Choosing Instant Lawn For Adelaide Conditions
Knowing what your lawn will be subjected to is important when choosing a roll out instant lawn.
All these natural turfs are ideal for full Sun during Adelaide’s hot Summer. They are tolerant to dryer conditions and can be subjected to wear, making them ideal for families with dogs because they repair themselves quite quickly, especially Eureka Kikuyu.
Santa Anna Couch has been around the longest, is the fastest growing during summer, requiring the most mowing, often twice a week and the most maintenance as far as watering and fertilising. Santa Anna Couch ‘thatches’ so it will look brown after a heavy cut and also goes ‘dormant’ during the winter months losing it’s colour.
The alternative couch variety is ‘Windsor Green Couch’, dubbed by many as the ultimate low maintenance lawn because it’s a semi dwarf couch grass requiring less watering and mowing, thatching less than Santa Anna Couch.
For areas that are in shade for much of the day, even during Summer, ‘Sir Walter Buffalo’ is a good option, keeping its bright green colour even during Winter months. Sir Walter Buffalo is low maintenance and tolerant to high traffic and pets.
‘Kings Pride Buffalo’ is in our opinion the best all round instant lawn Adelaide residents can choose for Adelaide’s hot summer conditions.
With a softer leaf than traditional buffalo varieties you also have a greener lawn all year round with less fertilising required to keep it green even during Winter. Extremely shade tolerant and rebounds well from very high traffic or damage, Kings Pride Buffalo can be laid at any time of the year.
Visual Landscape Gardening, with over 30 years experience landscaping Adelaide gardens with instant lawn are more than happy to discuss what’s going to work best for your situation. Many residents use two different roll out grasses, one for their front lawn and one for their back garden to cater for traffic and shade.
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