USDA Hardiness Zone · 40° to 50°F
Lawn care in USDA zone 11
Tropical with no measurable winter; grass grows year-round. St. Augustine and bahia dominate; bermuda used in full-sun athletic-field applications. Schedules in zone 11 collapse the four-season template: fertilization and weed-control become continuous low-rate practice rather than seasonal events.
Example metros: Key West FL · Honolulu HI
Lawn grasses that grow here
3 grass types survive zone 11. 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.
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.