Creeping Bentgrass - Agrostis palustris |
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Hardiness
Cool-Season Grass
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Light
Full sun is best, but will tolerate some shade |
Soil
Likes well-drained soil. Tolerant of acid soils |
Water
Needs regular, frequent watering |
Habit
Fine-textured, very low growing. It's the lowest growing species of all the cool-season turfgrasses
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Maintenance
Very high |
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Comments:
Bentgrass is a fine-textured, cool-season species that spreads by stolons and is able to tolerate very close mowing heights of 1/4 to 3/4 inch (.63 to 2 cm). Bentgrass is the finest-bladed, lowest-growing, and highest-maintenance species of all the cool-season turfgrasses.
It makes a nice looking lawn, but requires a great deal of care with frequent mowing, watering, dethatching, and fertilizing. This is the grass that is used on many putting and bowling greens. It forms a soft, dense, carpetlike lawn that must have good drainage and frequent watering.
It also needs good air circulation over the surface of the grass to prevent disease, of which it is susceptible to many. It likes full sun, but will tolerate some shade. It is best adapted for use on putting greens, or where professional care is at hand, since it is not a lawn that is as well-suited for home lawns as other grasses.
Optimum Mowing Height: 1/4 to 1/2 inch (.63 to 1.27 cm)
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Grass Types | Cool Season Grasses | Creeping Bentgrass | Canada Bluegrass | Kentucky Bluegrass | Rough Bluegrass | Perennial Ryegrass | Fine Fescues | Tall Fescue | Wheatgrass
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