You probably know the names of the most popular grass options, but if you're looking for a low-maintenance ornamental choice, here's one to consider.

Several years ago, she entered a city-sponsored contest and won a xeriscape garden. This past summer, someone complained that Luanne's mass planting of blue grama grass was way too high.

Grass that’s just your type What you need to know before you buy and try to grow. Blue grama A bright green, warm-season grass; grows from seed and likes full sun. Pro: It sips water. Con: It ...

Low water, low maintenance beauty Unlike traditional lawns, blue grama grass requires minimal watering, flourishing with just seven inches of water annually, according to House Digest.

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But buffalo and blue grama grass — both warm-season, low-water grasses — don’t have the traffic resistance of conventional cool-season lawn grasses.

A blue grama grass seed field sits in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. (Gary White Photo) For grass seed producers and others concerned about controlling grass thrips populations, University of Wyoming ...

Blue grama grass. Courtesy of Mary H Meyer, University of Minnesota Warm-season grasses can be a good choice for homeowners who desire a lawn but want to use less water.

This is one part in a weekly series featuring the UC Davis Arboretum Durable Delights, 30 can’t-fail, easy-care plants well adapted to our region. Blonde Ambition showy blue grama grass ...

Instead, Luanne Stehno was asked to cut her blue grama grass down to city-ordained size. Well, the story's just rolling along like endless fields of Kentucky bluegrass.

For fuller coverage, consider combining blue grama with buffalo grass and various native wildflowers in your yard. Muhly grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris) Native range: Southeastern US and the East ...

Blue grama native grass grows with little and big bluestem in the background in winter. (Colorado State University Extension Boulder County / Courtesy Photo) ...