Empire Turf... The Drought Surviver
Low Water... Less Work
Tough
Water wise
Easy to grow
Hard wearing
Keeps looking good
The Turf of the future
Benefits of Empire
Empire Turf grows Australia wide and provides a lawn which is easy to look after for residential and commercial use. It has a relatively fine leaf, compared to other grasses which is soft to touch. Empire Turf has excellent wear tolerance and thrives in severe heat and humidity. Empire Turf is good in shade and keeps a good Winter colour, and can generally outcompete weeds once established. Empire Turf generally requires less watering and less mowing than any other commercially grown lawn in Australia.
Why is it so good?
Keeps looking good
Easy to look after
Easy to grow
Water Wise
Empire Turf will grow well on slopes and garden borders. Empire Turf looks great and is soft to the touch.
Empire Turf will grow well in full sun and shaded positions, in fact it will grow in up to 50% shade where other turf varieties will not.
Empire Turf is a versatile, adaptable lawn, well suited to Australian conditions. Empire Turf has performed well in both sandy and clay soil types, with aggressive growth from its runners and rhizomes. It can be mown with a standard rotary mower due to its ideal leaf width and open growth habit. It requires less maintenance and mowing than other grasses and is a very efficient water user.
This hard wearing versatile turf thrives in all climatic regions of Australia, from Darwin to Tasmania, from Sydney to Perth, and would even survive in places where the temperate drops to below 20 degrees below 0.
Empire thrives around swimming pools, and will tolerate salt.
Empire Turf has a fine leaf, and will look great around gardens and commercial sites as it has excellent hardiness.
The perfect landscape grass
Empire Turf is the only grass in Australia that is hard wearing, yet low maintenance. Its deep root and rhizome system gives it unmatched toughness. If you want it to grow fast fertilise it, however if you want a slow growing, less mowing lawn that still wears well, lay off the fertiliser. With Empire you have a choice, fast or slow. For most situations, yearly fertilising should be sufficient, but for high wear areas fertilise more.
Good Winter colour
Empire Turf has good Winter colour when compared to other more common turf.
Tough and Hardwearing
Empire Turf has excellent fast growth across the ground. Its runners are fast and highly branching, which provides excellent recovery from wear. Empire Turf is quickly becoming known as the tough, hardwearing turf.
Less mowing, Less work
Although Empire Turf grows quickly across the ground at a fast rate, its upward leaf growth is less than most other commercially grown lawns in Australia. This is a fantastic benefit for people who do not like mowing their lawns. Empire Turf requires 1/3 of the mowing than Kikuyu. To save yourself time and money, buy Empire Turf.
Great at outcompeting weeds
Once Empire Turf is well established, its dense growth makes it much harder for weeds to establish. Of course occasionally weeds can develop in Empire Turf, and if the unlikely event occurs, please follow our maintenance guide.
Less Thatch, Less Scalping
Empire Turf is known for its ability to create a dense sward without major thatch problems. Empire Turf has less thatch and scalping than other Zoysias.
Disease and Pest Tolerance
Empire Turf is very resistant to turf diseases and pests and will generally not show symptoms of most common disease and pest problems that plague other turf varieties. As with any natural product problems occasionally occur, and if they do, please consult our maintenance guide, or seek expert advice.
Shade Tolerance
Empire Turf performs well in full sun, but will also tolerate moderate shade.
Characteristics & Information
Probably the hardest turf in the world to wear out. Only the better buffalos have more shade tolerance. Almost indestructible rolls or slabs. With such little mowing required, it is the ideal lawn for slopes.
Sod solutions Inc is pleased to introduce Empire Turf, a selected Zoysia japonica, chosen specifically for its ability to reduce production costs while demonstrating very desirable growth characteristics. Reduced production costs are achieved by Empires rapid expansion rate, reproduction from rhizomes, and its chemical resistance for easier weed control. Unlike other Zoysia grasses, Empire is not too slow. In fact compared to other Zoysia lawns, Empire is super fast, however Empire still requires less mowing than Couch, Kikuyu and Buffalo turf.
Empire demonstrates superior dark green colour, low thatch build up due to its wide bladed leaf, open growth habit, natural chemical resistance to MSMA, 2, 4-D, and Fusillade II, and good drought tolerance. Empire was discovered in Brazil, and unlike other Zoysia varieties, has proven its ability to survive in hot, humid as well as colder climates. Empire has performed well in sandy and clay soil types with aggressive growth from its runners and rhizomes, but can be mowed with a standard rotary mower due to its broader leaf and open growth habit. This versatile turf grass thrives in all climatic regions of Australia, from Darwin, to Tasmania, from Sydney to Perth and would even survive in places where the temperature drops to 20 degrees below zero.
Mechanicals
Kikuyu
Greenleas Park Couch
Shademaster Buffalo
