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Floratam

Is a vigorous, coarse textured St. Augustine grass variety. Floratam has a purple a stigma color and contains no seeds (sterile). Stolons of Floratam are large, purplish-red in color with internodes averaging 3 inches in length. Leaf blades wider and longer than a common St. Augustine grass.

Floratam Characteristics

Color
  • Color : Purplish - Red 
  • Fall Color Retention : Moderate 
  • Spring Green Up : Very Good 
Info

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  • Blade-width : 5mm-7mm

  • Feel : Coarse Textured

  • Soils : Sandy, Loam, Clay, Muck

  • Growth Rate :  Moderate

Tolerance

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  • Wear : Excellent 

  • Injury Recovery : Very Good 

  • Shade : Very Good 

  • Drought : Good

Floratam Maintenance    

Grass Height : Should be kept at a height of 3 to 4 inches
Summer Mowing Frequency : Should be mowed weekly 
Winter Mowing Frequency : Should be mowed biweekly 
Watering Frequency : 1 inch of water per week
Disease Resistance : Has exceptional disease resistance 
Insect Resistance : When it comes to insects It has an average resistance
Weed Control : Has exceptional weed control 
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