ProVista Turf

ProVista™ is a game-changing, new St. Augustine variety based on the proven genetics of Floratam and developed with over $100 million and 20 years of research and development behind it.

ProVista™ delivers unparalleled beauty to any property while substantially reducing your maintenance efforts and hassles. Never before has it been possible for landscaping professionals to both satisfy clients. ProVista™ is a genetically altered Floratam turf grass.

ProVista™ is also glyphosate-tolerant that allows you to control invasive, grassy weeds that cannot be controlled by other grasses without damaging the turf. Utilize pre-emergent herbicides for weed prevention to minimize the need for broadcast glyphosate applications.

Further, given its dense and slow growth, ProVista™ has a deep, green color, thrives in both sun and shade, and requires less fertilizer to stay healthy and green.

For a small premium per square foot, you can significantly reduce mowing time and cost.

ProVista™ St. Augustine turf sets a new standard for undeniable beauty with less maintenance. When it comes to what a lawn can be, this premium sod from America's Turfgrass Experts has changed the landscape.

Benefits Include:

Low Maintenance and High Value
Gives you brilliant beauty
Glyphosate tolerance for complete weed control
Half the mowing required due to growth habit, uniformity, and weed-free capability
Improved quality and performance in moderate shade
Dense, horizontal growth habit

St. Augustine Grass

Saint Augustine is a warm-season lawn grass that is popular for use in tropical and sub-tropical regions. It is a fairly high maintenance grass that forms a thick, carpet-like lawn, crowding out most weeds and other grasses. It is a dark green grass with broad, flat blades.

Saint Augustine is used primarily for lawns and does not tolerate high traffic as well as other turfgrasses. After being established, Saint Augustine depends largely on management. Mowing, fertilization and supplemental watering are required to maintain a dense, green, weed-free turf. Common pests include chinch bugs, armyworms, grubs, and webworms. Consistent and proper pest control regimens are required to maintain a healthy lawn.

Common diseases include brown patch, gray leaf spot, rust, downy mildew, and many others. Most are caused by fungi and can be controlled with good management and fungicides.

Advantages Include:

High shade tolerance
High heat tolerance

Disadvantages Include:

Low cold tolerance
High maintenance
Insect Prone

Bahia Grass

Bahia-grass is a good low input warm-season lawn and pasture grass. Bahia can be easily maintained and provides a decent "medium utility" turf grass lawn for the southern states.

Bahia-grass requires a moderate amount of lawn care, maintenance, and mowing. Bahia's blades are thin and green and have a soft somewhat soft texture.

Common pests include grub worms, webworms, and mole crickets. Bahia-grass is known for going dormant (turning brown in color) in the winter months and coming back again in the spring after the last frost.

In order to prevent freeze damage to the roots, an application of winter rye is recommended.

Advantages Include:

Disadvantages Include:

High disease and insect resistance
Survives in a variety of soils from sandy to clays
Grows well in infertile soils
Withstands high traffic areas
Grows thick enough to compete with weeds
More drought-resistant than other turfgrasses

Prolific seed production during growing seasons
Course texture
Not suitable for high shade areas
Goes dormant during winter months

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