Cinders and Centipede Grass

[Hotzcatz]

We have four or five different types of short grasses, one of which is centipede grass, I think. There is the big dark "dragon's beard" mondo grass, a shorter lighter colored mondo grass and at least three varieties of other short grasses. In the areas where the short grasses are established, it can go for a really long time without mowing or weedwhacking. However, eventually, the longer grasses and weeds will try to take over the shorter grasses and instead of weed whacking or mowing, I'm out there rooting up the long grasses so the short grass can flourish. Going through about once a year to pull up the longer grasses seems a good trade off for not mowing, though. Our backyard has been an established back yard for a long time - almost 100 years - and I'm not sure where the grasses originally came from. The "Dragon's Beard" and mondo grasses were from Paradise plants, though.