This slow growing perennial grass has short dense foliage that forms a prostrate mat-forming habit. It has light green lanced-shaped stiff textured leaves and the brownish flowers appear in a short terminal spikelet above the foliage during summer. 

Hardiness zones 8 to 11

Zoysia matrella is naturally found tropical East Asia growing in well drained fertile moist light soils with a pH 6 to 7. It prefers an open sunny to shaded position and is frost and drought tender. 

Manila Grass is a slow growing grass that is normally used as a closely mown lawn in playgrounds or fairways and in domestic gardens that have reliable moisture. It is slow to establish and recuperates slowly but forms a dense mat when regularly mowed. ID 726

Zoysia (ZOY-see-ah) matrella (ma TREL-la)

Poaceae (poh_AY-see-ee)
Grass Family