so does buffalo grass look nice when cut? How close to common lawn grass does it look like when trimmed?
Here in South Central MO we are in a drought and if I can find some grass seed that works in dry summers, I’ll give it a shot.
Even though our soil here is rocky and pretty lousy, I do like the look of a nice cut lawn. Because I won’t use my well to water the lawn, I won’t cut it for periods of time when it gets hot and dry.
The buffalo grass is native to a lot of Texas-here, it grows on thin soil over solid limestone-even in little pockets in the rock itself. It is a clumping grass that spreads by deep runners as well as seed. It looks nice when untrimmed since it doesn’t grow very tall, and you can’t cut it close-you will kill it-if you must cut it, don’t do it more than a few times a year. It doesn’t freeze in severe winters like St Augustine does, either. It does not look like your conventional city lawn grass, but it is nice to walk on with bare feet, and a pretty shade of darker green.
We have wells here, too and water is for humans, gardens and livestock-not for lawns, so it sounds like the buffalo would work there, if the winters are not too cold. Be sure and look up the grass to make sure it can survive the winters where you are-it does not snow a lot here-the cultivated variety that is sold most places is called Comanche Buffalo grass.