Life Span
Annual or Biennial
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Grass
Origin
Europe, Northern Africa, Asia
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Types
Pascal, Golden Self-Blanching, Tall Utah, Tango
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
Number of Varieties
1007
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40000
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Habitat
Coastal Regions, Marshy ground, Wet ground
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99998-11
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
9-3
12 - 9
Sunset Zone
-
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Upright/Erect
Clump-Forming
Plant Size
Minimum Height
45.70 cm2.50 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
30.50 cm30.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White
Green, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Tan, Brown
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Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green
Light Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Light Green
Green, Yellow green, Gold
Leaf Color in Winter
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Gold, Tan
Shape
Leaf Shape
Irregular
Grass like
Thorns
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Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Very Slow
Type of Soil
Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Average
Bloom Time
Late Spring
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Repeat Bloomer
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✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
Where to Plant?
Container, Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Transplanting
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Keep ground moist, Requires regular watering
weekly regular
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove shoots
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Less fertilizing
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Bacteria, Downy mildew, Fungal Diseases, fungus, Mosaic viruses, Pink Root, Red blotch
Army-worms, sod webworms
Plant Tolerance
Frost
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Coarse
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
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Attracts
Insects, Mice, Rodents, Spider Mites
Crickets
Allergy
Irritation to stomach
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
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Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
Good for skin, Improve skin condition, Moisturizing, Skin Problems
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Edible Uses
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Environmental Uses
Air purification, Food for animals, Food for birds, Food for insects
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Cancer, Combats Stress, Eye Problems, High blood pressure, High cholestrol, Indigestion, Inflammation, Weight loss
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Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Whole plant
Other Uses
Employed in herbal medicine, Oil is used in perfume, soaps, creams, etc., Used As Food, Used for its medicinal properties, Used as a spice
Used as a golf course turf
Used As Indoor Plant
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✔
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Used As Outdoor Plant
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✘
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Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb / Vegetable
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
Botanical Name
APIUM graveolens
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
Common Name
Celery
Korean Velvet Grass
In Hindi
अजवायन
कोरियाई मखमल घास
In German
Sellerie
Korean Samt Gras
In French
Céleri
herbe de velours coréenne
In Spanish
Apio
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Greek
Σέλινο
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Portuguese
Aipo
grama de veludo coreano
In Polish
Seler
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In Latin
apium
Carl herba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Angiosperms
Class
Magnoliopsida
Monocotyledonae
Order
Apiales
Cyperales
Family
Apiaceae
Poaceae
Genus
Apium
Zoysia Willd
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Commelinids
Tribe
Apieae
Cynodonteae
Subfamily
Apioideae
Chloridoideae
Number of Species
13
1
27800
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