Cultivars
'Bitter Blue'
This lawn has blue-green foliage and can tolerate low temperatures and shade but has a poor wear tolerance. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

'Floratine'
This lower growing lawn turf responds well to closer mowing and is blue-green in colour. It has a higher density with shorter internode length and a finer texture. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

'Palmento' (R)
This soft leaved buffalo grass is emerald green and forms a thick coverage. It is planted in parks and gardens tolerating drought and cold weather and grows on most well drained soils in an open sunny to semi shaded position. It is ideal for domestic gardens and commercial sites and is a hard wearing grass that recovers quickly from damage.

'Sapphire' (R)PBR
This soft leaf buffalo grass has fine textured folded leaves and forms a dense cover. It produces long roots and is hard wearing and recovers quickly. It is used in high traffic areas, domestic gardens or in large areas such as parks where it tolerates drought and cold temperatures. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

'Shademaster'
This plant tolerates a shaded position and produces a dense cover that is hard wearing. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

ST85
This low growing shade loving cultivar has good wear tolerance. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

'Variegatum'
This plant has yellow and green striped leaves with an upright growth habit. When mown it reverts to plane green and is normally used as a ground cover. It has a medium water requirement once established. (Scale: 2-drops from 3)

Weed Potential

As a weedBuffalo Grass is widely cultivated in parks and gardens and can infest coastal woodlands and adjoining grasslands forming a dense mat over several metres wide and climb up to 2m (6ft) in shrubs during the summer months.
It grows in full sun to semi shade preferring moist sandy soils. During cold winter months the plant becomes dormant.

It grows in coastal regions on sandy soils forming a cover that inhibits the regrowth of low growing and shrubby indigenous flora. It is dispersed by rhizomes and seed in garden waste or from deliberate plantings along bushland margins. It is also transported in soil or by water.

Control methodsinclude physically digging the rhizomes in moist friable soil taking care not to break the rhizome and removing off site. The grass can be covering with plastic sheeting for 4-12 weeks until the grass is dead. The plant may also be sprayed with a non-selective herbicide requiring a follow up. Follow up control should be implemented with in 6 to 10 weeks.