Requires less water than most cool-season turfgrasses. It remains this color until about mid-May. In contrast, cool-season grasses usually have good green color about 10 months or longer. Propagation by vegetative establishment, with stolons or sod plugs, is necessary. This method tends to be expensive and laborious.
Seed is generally unavailable and impractical.
Seeded types are generally very coarse textured. Zoysiagrass establishes slowly. Under ideal conditions, it may give cover in one season. Normally, two to three years are required. Winter annual weeds tend to be more of a problem in zoysiagrass than in cool-season turf.