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Palmetto, a native St. Augustine grass cultivar, has been selected for its superior color and finer texture compared to ordinary St. Augustine grass. This versatile turfgrass, widely used across the southern United States, from the Carolinas to California, under a wide range of climate and soil conditions, has become the ideal choice for both residential and commercial use.

Palmetto St. Augustine grass demonstrates exceptional tolerance to shade, cold, frost, heat, and drought, making it a popular landscaping standard. Since 1994, Palmetto grass has been used in thousands of lawns, and it is rapidly gaining acceptance as a landscaping standard.

It is important to note that Palmetto St. Augustine grass, like all turfgrasses, is a living plant, not a miracle grass. However, when properly maintained, Palmetto St. Augustine grass will deliver years of an aesthetically pleasing and functional lawn.

Palmetto grass is a semi-dwarf grass, giving it a plush appearance similar to Seville and Delmar, but it is less prone to becoming thatchy, even in full sunlight. The leaf blade width is similar to Bitterblue and Raleigh, and finer than Floratam. When mowed high (3" - 4"), it is often mistaken for fescue. The leaf blades are tapered at the tip with a rounded end, and are soft to the touch, unlike the prickly feel of Floratam.

Palmetto grass will remain green longer than any other variety of St. Augustine, and will stay green much longer than Bermuda grass and Centipede grass. It will slowly become dormant after several heavy frosts, and will remain evergreen in temperatures below freezing if there are no hard frosts. Palmetto grass has demonstrated very good drought tolerance in field tests.

St. Augustine grasses in general are known for their shade tolerance, and Palmetto has exceptional shade tolerance, even when compared to the most shade-tolerant varieties of St. Augustine.

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