Grass Types

Choosing Your Sod Type

We hear a lot of advertising these days from national companies, claiming to offer new grass varieties that possess a ground-breaking technology or characteristic. It is nearly impossible for the average consumer to differentiate between what is real and what is just creative marketing.  

We grow grasses based on their proven performance in our local climate, not on national marketing claims. Over the years we have tested numerous new varieties that, due to inferior performance, we never brought to market.  You can be assured that the grasses we do offer have been chosen to perform well here in America’s heartland. 

Our Premium Quality Turfgrasses  

Heartland Fescue

Our flagship turfgrass, Heartland Fescue is our top seller and the number one choice for St. Louis area lawns. Turf-type tall fescue naturally has a deep root system and hardy blades, making it the most adaptable cool-season grass under our local climate extremes. Heartland Fescue is a blend of three or four elite seed varieties, chosen for year-long green color, medium-to-fine texture, and resistance to summer diseases.  It is well suited for residential and commercial lawns, parks, high-traffic athletic fields, and golf course roughs and green surrounds. click to learn more

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Low-Mow Kentucky Bluegrass

Kentucky Bluegrass has been a traditional turfgrass for cool-season lawns since our family began growing sod in the 1960’s.  It has medium-to-fine, soft grass blades and a deep blue-green color. Our Kentucky bluegrass sod is a blend of modern hybrid varieties with a more compact growth pattern, allowing it to tolerate lower mowing heights for high-performance athletic fields and golf courses.  Under proper care, it also makes a beautiful lawn grass, forming a dense turf that is deep green in color and soft to walk on. click to learn more
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Meyer Z-52 Zoysia

Meyer Zoysia is a warm-season grass that thrives in the summer heat.  It has tight, upright blades that form a dense, consistent turf.  Medium-green in color, it also has a high tolerance for traffic and drought. Meyer Zoysia is widely used on golf courses fairways and tees and is the top warm-season turfgrass for St. Louis area lawns. It exhibits excellent cold hardiness and is rarely susceptible to winter loss. Our Meyer Zoysia sod is grown to golf course specifications, maintained with reel-type mowers to achieve a consistent fairway cut. click to learn more

Quickstand Bermuda

Quickstand Bermuda is a warm-season turfgrass, aptly named because of its ability to spread laterally at an aggressive rate. Its self-repair capability makes it a good choice for golf course fairways and an excellent choice for athletic fields. Quickstand Bermuda has medium-green color and medium texture and density. It's near- perfect density and consistency make Quickstand Bermuda the ideal surface for sports such as soccer, field hockey, and baseball, where ball roll is important.  It is also proven as one of the most cold-hardy bermuda varieties for the transition zone climate. Our Quickstand bermuda sod is grown with high-quality fertilizers to achieve a dense turf with good sod tensile strength. Available as sod or sprigs. click to learn more
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Buffalograss

Buffalograss is a warm-season, native turfgrass variety that is known for its superior drought tolerance.  It has fine, soft blades, with a medium bluish-green color. Our Buffalograss shines in hot, dry conditions, and is also cold-tolerant for our climate. It is often used as a lawn turfgrass where native species selection is important.  Its drought tolerance also makes it an ideal grass for low maintenance areas, such as hillsides, roadsides, and native landscapes. Under no mowing, Buffalograss maintains an approximate four to six inch growing height. Limited availability. click to learn more
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