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Buffalo Grass care calendar for zone 6

Moderate winter, warm humid summer; transition-zone climate where cool-season grasses begin to suffer in July–August. Zoysia japonica is the only viable warm-season option (Meyer cultivar). Most lawns are cool-season blends with extra irrigation in summer.

Buffalo grass is the native short-grass-prairie species: the only warm-season grass that survives zone 4 winters, and the only low-input lawn grass adapted to the Great Plains. It's drought-tolerant, low-fertility, and naturally short (6–8 inches unmowed), but it doesn't take traffic well and goes dormant fast in cool weather.