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<br />~dy It, 's a lawn - the thick, grcen <br />~et of(...;s that brings a nole or <br />.oolness a.omfOrl to liJ'c in the city. <br />..iOIllC grasses llCCU a lot of irrigation 10 slay <br />een in Denver's semi-arid climate. The <br />asses listed ill this brochure are water- <br />conserving allernatives (0 the <br />traditiollal Kenlllcky hluegrass. <br />Properly tended, each will <br />form a lush, lovely, unthirsty <br />lawll. <br />Each of these grasses has its <br />own unique characteristics, <br />which are disclIssed 011 Ihe rol1owillg <br />pages. Ccrlain terms, however, <br />are generic to all grasses. For <br />example, grasses are either cool- <br />season or warl11~scas(Jn. In the <br />~ Deliver arca, a cool-season grass <br />III"'" will normally hegin to turn green <br />~ in late March, and will stay green <br />,.... nntil November. A warlll-season <br />~ grass greens up around mid,May, <br />~___.all\1 will usually go dormant ill <br />Scplt.:lllhcr. Because (hey arc adivc for a <br />shorter period of time, warm-season grasses <br />tend to reqoire less maintenance than cool- <br />cason g.-asses. They also ose much less waler. <br />Grasses arc also categorized as either <br />sod-forming or hunch gra". ^ <br />III"'" sod-forming grass will spread via <br />slolons or rhizomes, eveniually <br />. - forming an interwoven "mat" of <br />. gr~'s. A hunch grass willn?1 spread - <br />each grass plant remaIns separate <br />III"'" from its fellow planls. <br />But whether cool-season or warm, bunch <br />~ grass or sod-forming, these <br />grasses have one thing in com mOil -:- <br />~ they look belieI' and use less <br />~ ~vater with proper planning and <br />~ maintenance. So to ensure that <br />your lawn will be beautiful and <br />waterwise, improve the soil, <br />water elliciently, and use the <br />information Oil the <br />following pages to sclect a <br />grass well-suited to the <br />soil and light conditions ,in <br />your yard. <br /> <br /> <br />(!:este! <br />. Watgmss <br /> <br /> <br />Crested Wheat~l'llss <br />(Agml'yml/ cri"latllll/) <br /> <br />Descl'iption <br />^ cool-season, hunch grass with medium <br />blades. Color is blue-green, texture is soft. <br /> <br />Height <br />1-2 1/2 feet; mow to 3 inches. <br /> <br />Watering <br />3/4 inch every week during hor, dry spells. <br /> <br />Sun/shade <br />Tolerates both sun and shade. <br /> <br />Trame <br />Medium tolerance 10 traffic. <br /> <br />l'lanling <br />Seed 5 poulllls per l,(j()() square feet of lawn, or <br />as. instrucled by seed supplier. (NOTE: forms <br />sod if seeded heavily) Planting season is mid- <br />March 10 mid-September. <br /> <br />Comments <br />The "Fairway" and "RulT' varielies are the most <br />successful in forming turr. "Ephraim" requires <br />less waler, but is less allraelive as a lurf. <br /> <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />oath <br />fame <br /> <br /> <br />Smooth Ilrol11e <br />(Bromlls illermi,,) <br /> <br />Ih'sniptiou <br />A cool-season, sod-forming grass with wide <br />blades. Color is gray-green to blue-green. <br /> <br />Height <br />2-4 feet; mow to 3 ioches <br />for a formal lawn look. <br /> <br />Watering <br />1/2 inch every week during hot, dry spells. <br /> <br />Sun/shade <br />Tolerales bolh sun and shade. <br /> <br />Tramc <br />Good tolerance to traffic, <br /> <br />l'lauliug <br />Seed 5 pounds per 1,000 square feet of lawn, or <br />as instructed hy seed supplier. I'lantilig season <br />is mid-March to mid-September. <br /> <br />Comments <br />Grows rapidly. and may invade Omver beds and <br />vegetable gardens if left untended. Tolerates <br />compacted soil. Can he left unmowed and used <br />in "natural" style grassland plantings in areas <br />where irrigation is impossible. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />///// <br />