What is
Life Span
Perennial
Type
Grass
Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
Types
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
Number of Varieties
7
Rank: 85 (Overall)
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40000
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Habitat
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
USDA Hardiness Zone
8-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12 - 9
Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Clump-Forming
Information
Plant Size
Minimum Height
2.50 cm
Rank: 100 (Overall)
0.54
3900
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Minimum Width
Not Available
0.1
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Green, Light Green
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Not Available
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green, Gold
Leaf Color in Winter
Gold, Tan
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Thorns
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1% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Season
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Very Slow
Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Bloom Time
Not Available
Repeat Bloomer
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17% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Tolerances
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
Care
Where to Plant?
Ground
How to Plant?
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
weekly regular
In Summer
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Army-worms, sod webworms
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Facts
Flowers
Insignificant
Flower Petal Number
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
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36% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Edible Fruit
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5% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
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3% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
No - Grass Plants Garden Plants has it !
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
3% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
2% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
66% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Showy Bark
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10% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Foliage Texture
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Evergreen
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3% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Invasive
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18% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Self-Sowing
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65% - Grass Plants Garden Plants
Attracts
Crickets
Allergy
Not Defined
Benefits
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
Beauty Benefits
Not Available
Edible Uses
Not Available
Environmental Uses
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Unknown
Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Other Uses
Used as a golf course turf
Used As Indoor Plant
Insignificant
Used As Outdoor Plant
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All - Grass Plants Garden Plants have it !
Garden Design
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
Scientific Name
Botanical Name
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
Common Name
Korean Velvet Grass
In Hindi
कोरियाई मखमल घास
In German
Korean Samt Gras
In French
herbe de velours coréenne
In Spanish
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Greek
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
In Portuguese
grama de veludo coreano
In Polish
Not Available
In Latin
Carl herba
Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Angiosperms
Class
Monocotyledonae
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Zoysia Willd
Clade
Commelinids
Tribe
Cynodonteae
Subfamily
Chloridoideae
Number of Species
3
Rank: 100 (Overall)
1
27800
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