Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Grass
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Southeastern United States
Types
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
Longleaf is a type of pine
Number of Varieties
73
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40000
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Habitat
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
Dry areas, Sandy areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-118-10
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 9
12-8
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
2.50 cm1,520.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
30.00 cm610.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green, Light Green
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Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Dark Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green, Gold
Green, Light Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Gold, Tan
Green, Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Needle like
Thorns
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✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Slow
Medium
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
Seedlings, Stem Planting
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
weekly regular
Requires regular watering
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Adequately
In Winter
Average Water
Ample Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
No pruning needed in the early stages, Prune once the plant is tall enough
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Phosphorous
Pests and Diseases
Army-worms, sod webworms
Beetles, brown-spot needle blight
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
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
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Crickets
-
Allergy
-
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
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Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Stem
Other Uses
Used as a golf course turf
Used in construction, Wood is used for making furniture
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
Shade Trees
Botanical Name
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
PINUS palustris
Common Name
Korean Velvet Grass
Longleaf Pine
In Hindi
कोरियाई मखमल घास
Longleaf Pine
In German
Korean Samt Gras
Longleaf Pine
In French
herbe de velours coréenne
pin des marais
In Spanish
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
pino de hoja larga
In Greek
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
Longleaf πεύκο
In Portuguese
grama de veludo coreano
Longleaf pinho
In Polish
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Longleaf sosna
In Latin
Carl herba
longleaf pinus
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Coniferophyta
Class
Monocotyledonae
Pinopsida
Order
Cyperales
Pinales
Family
Poaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Zoysia Willd
Pinus
Clade
Commelinids
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Tribe
Cynodonteae
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Subfamily
Chloridoideae
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Number of Species
33
1
27800
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