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Bermuda Grass care calendar for zone 9

Subtropical: minimal winter dormancy in coastal areas, mild central-Florida and Gulf Coast summers extending well into October. St. Augustine and bermuda are dominant; zoysia and centipede common. Year-round irrigation usually required in the drier parts (central California, Phoenix). Chinch bug and grub pressure highest of any zone.

Bermuda is the workhorse warm-season lawn of the South: heat-tolerant, drought-tolerant, traffic-tolerant, and aggressively self-repairing via both stolons and rhizomes. Hybrid bermudas (Tifway 419, TifTuf) require sodding and look like a putting green; common bermuda can be seeded and looks closer to a typical Southern lawn.