USDA Hardiness Zone · 30° to 40°F
Lawn care in USDA zone 10
Tropical to subtropical; lawns active 12 months. St. Augustine, bahia, and bermuda are the practical choices. No winter dormancy means no winter rest: mowing, watering, and fertilization continue year-round at reduced intensity. Tropical pests (mole crickets, sod webworm) are constant pressure.
Example metros: Miami FL · Tampa FL · Los Angeles CA
Lawn grasses that grow here
4 grass types survive zone 10. Pick yours for the 12-month schedule.
Bermuda Grass
warm-seasonBermuda is the workhorse warm-season lawn of the South: heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, traffic-tolerant, and aggressively self-repairing via both stolons and rhizomes.
Zoysia
warm-seasonZoysia is the premium warm-season grass: denser, more shade-tolerant, and more cold-hardy than bermuda, but slower to establish and slower to recover from damage.
St. Augustine
warm-seasonSt.
Bahia
warm-seasonBahia is a tough, drought-tolerant warm-season grass dominant on roadsides and unirrigated rural lawns through Florida and the Gulf Coast.