Auntnene, I have the same problem, but it's with the Bermuda grass which I first noticed coming up in my landscaped beds about 12 years ago. I didn't know what it was, so I took it to the nursery in town and the man identified it for me, so I figured that's half the battle won! Now that we know what it is, he can tell me what I could do about it! WRONG! When I told him my problem and asked what I should do - he just said, "MOVE"!

It came over from my neighbor's yard and it's terribly invasive. I've tried tilling and digging up the runners; but, it's everywhere and I think the roots must go down to China! It's horrible! I've been fighting this Bermuda grass battle for about 12 years now, but I think I'm losing the war!

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We planted plugs of zoysia grass and hope it overtakes here. It is good to know that our wish might come true...

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Dianne, both Zoysia and Bermuda are beautiful grasses and they make a wonderful, plush lawn, if that's what you want and many people do! I just don't want either of them in my yard because they would take over my landscaped beds and my perennial beds. Of course, the Bermuda grass is doing that now and I hate it! It's just a matter of personal preference. I hope you Zoysia grass comes up nicely for you, as I'm sure it will!

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"Lord, I love you and I need you, come into my heart, and bless me, my family, my home, and my friends, in Jesus' name. Amen!"

i've got zoisa in my front yard (was there when i bought the house) - it's been there long enough that it's through just about all of the lawn. still have some regular grass mixed in, tho.

it's not growing in the flower bed. not yet anyway as it's not quite filled in all the way up to the edgers that are around the bed. i'm hoping that the edges are deep enough to keep it out of the bed. if not, i'll just be pulling the stuff up all the time.

yes, it makes for a nice thick lawn.

i don't like it tho as it's rough on bare feet (and i don't wear shoes in the summer unless i have to) and it does take a while to green-up in the spring. also goes dormant (and turns brown) if there's too much dry weather.

dixie, my dad planted a dozen plugs in the back yard when i was a teenager. in 25 or so years, the whole back yard has turned completely zoisa and it's spread through half of the neighbor on the left's yard.

there are two other yards that butt up to it. i don't know about the yard to the right as there's a fence and i can't see grass. the yard behind doesn't seem to have any zoisa tho, that i can remember. i'll have to take a look the next time i'm over there. at one point, the owners of that property had a flower bed that extended the full length of the property - right at the borderline, so that may have kept the zoisa from spreading.

not sure, i'll take a look next time i'm there

auntnene, couldn't begin to tell you how to get rid of it. if there's not that much there, you might want to pull up what you can and treat the area with gas. i know! that's really extreme. i don't think any of the regular weed-killers will get rid of it tho. and i'm not recommending treating large areas with gas, either...i'm talking about small patches a few inches square. if it's further along than that, i doubt you'll be able to do anything about it.

Dare I mention that we, also, scattered some Bermuda seed when we first bought this place? We were looking for anything to cover this mud hole that we moved to and we wanted it to spread as fast as it could...

Yes, I have noticed it in my flower beds. I haven't had the time to get out and pull weeds, though. It looks like I have a Bermuda Grass bed instead of flowers!

auntnene, I hope you are able to get rid of it, though, since you want to. I would come get it if I could!

Dianna

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Zoysia produces runners that go deep and seem to go forever when I start pulling it up. My flower bed is so hard to keep clean. I'm tempted to dig up the flowers and let the grass have it's own way. I have natural rock boarders so that would mean moving all the rock. Oh gosh, I'm tired just thinking about it

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