1 What is
1.1 Life Span
Perennial
1.2 Type
Grass
1.3 Origin
South-Eastern Asia, Asia
1.4 Types
Korean Lawngrass , Meyer Zoysiagrass , Manilagrass
1.4.1 Number of Varieties
1.5 Habitat
Lower slopes, Sandy stream banks
1.6 USDA Hardiness Zone
1.7 AHS Heat Zone
12 - 9
1.8 Sunset Zone
H1, H2, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1.9 Habit
Clump-Forming
2 Information
2.1 Plant Size
2.1.1 Minimum Height
2.50 cm
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3900
2.1.2 Minimum Width
Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall) ▶
0.1
6350
2.2 Plant Color
2.2.1 Flower Color
Green, Light Green
2.2.2 Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
2.2.3 Fruit Color
Non Fruiting Plant
2.2.4 Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green, Dark Green
2.2.5 Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
2.2.6 Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Yellow green, Gold
2.2.7 Leaf Color in Winter
Gold, Tan
2.3 Shape
2.3.1 Leaf Shape
Grass like
2.4 Thorns
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3 Season
3.1 Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
3.2 Growing Conditions
3.2.1 Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
3.2.2 Growth Rate
Very Slow
3.2.3 Type of Soil
Loam, Sand
3.2.4 The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
3.2.5 Soil Drainage
Average
3.2.6 Bloom Time
Not Available
3.2.7 Repeat Bloomer
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3.3 Tolerances
Drought, Salt, Soil Compaction
4 Care
4.1 Where to Plant?
Ground
4.2 How to Plant?
Sod, Sprigging or Stolonizing
4.3 Plant Maintenance
Medium
4.4 Watering Plants
4.4.1 Watering Requirements
weekly regular
4.4.2 In Summer
Lots of watering
4.4.3 In Spring
Moderate
4.4.4 In Winter
Average Water
4.5 Soil
4.5.1 Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
4.5.2 Soil Type
Loam, Sand
4.5.3 Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
4.6 Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
4.7 Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
4.8 Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
4.9 Pests and Diseases
Army-worms, sod webworms
4.10 Plant Tolerance
Drought
5 Facts
5.1 Flowers
Insignificant
5.1.1 Flower Petal Number
Single
5.2 Fruits
5.2.1 Showy Fruit
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5.2.2 Edible Fruit
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5.3 Fragrance
5.3.1 Fragrant Flower
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5.3.2 Fragrant Fruit
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5.3.3 Fragrant Leaf
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5.3.4 Fragrant Bark/Stem
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5.4 Showy Foliage
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5.5 Showy Bark
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5.6 Foliage Texture
Fine
5.7 Foliage Sheen
Matte
5.8 Evergreen
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5.9 Invasive
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5.10 Self-Sowing
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5.11 Attracts
Crickets
5.12 Allergy
Not Defined
6 Benefits
6.1 Uses
6.1.1 Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Farmland, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing
6.1.2 Beauty Benefits
Not Available
6.1.3 Edible Uses
None
6.1.4 Environmental Uses
Provides ground cover, soil erosion prevension on hill slopes
6.2 Plant Benefits
6.2.1 Medicinal Uses
Unknown
6.2.2 Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
6.2.3 Other Uses
Used as a golf course turf
6.3 Used As Indoor Plant
Insignificant
6.4 Used As Outdoor Plant
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6.5 Garden Design
Container, Edging, Groundcover, Lawns and Turf, Mixed Border, Rock Garden / Wall, Tropical
7 Scientific Name
7.1 Botanical Name
ZOYSIA tenuifolia
7.2 Common Name
Korean Velvet Grass
7.2.1 In Hindi
कोरियाई मखमल घास
7.2.2 In German
Korean Samt Gras
7.2.3 In French
herbe de velours coréenne
7.2.4 In Spanish
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
7.2.5 In Greek
hierba de terciopelo de Corea
7.2.6 In Portuguese
grama de veludo coreano
7.2.7 In Polish
Not Available
7.2.8 In Latin
Carl herba
8 Classification
8.1 Kingdom
Plantae
8.2 Phylum
Angiosperms
8.3 Class
Monocotyledonae
8.4 Order
Cyperales
8.5 Family
Poaceae
8.6 Genus
Zoysia Willd
8.7 Clade
Commelinids
8.8 Tribe
Cynodonteae
8.9 Subfamily
Chloridoideae
8.10 Number of Species