St. Augustine grass is a popular warm-season grass that is commonly used for lawns in our area. Unfortunately, the volatility of our West Texas weather has taken a toll on the St. Augustine grass.

It’s been a decade since a virus began a killing spree in Boynton Beach, spreading its pus-colored infection yard to yard with a focus solely on Florida’s favorite variety of its ubiquitous St.

If you have attempted to purchase sod in the San Antonio area, you know it has not been easy. There seems to be high demand because of the freeze and drought damage over the past two years, and those ...

A: Spear grass (Nassella leucotricha) is a Texas native plant. I’m a longtime native Texas who grew up playing war games with spear grass seeds just like any other young boy. I also know it’s nothing ...

Question: In the last year or so our St. Augustine lawn has developed several small to large patches of dead grass. My neighbor says it's chinch bug damage. However, the information I received on ...

Q: Sections of my St. Augustinegrass lawn are looking bad. I’m seeing spots on individual blades with some blades withering up and dying. Is this a fungus? A: What you’ve described sounds like gray ...

Dear Neil: A huge percentage of our St. Augustine did not come back after this past winter. Zoysia that we have growing nearby has been fine. Here in mid-summer the spots are still dead. We don't ...

Q: After reading about your success with St. Augustine grass in your own yard, I decided to gamble and sod my yard with Palmetto St. Augustine last June. By August, I had the most beautiful grass in ...

A question from Dan Gill: My St. Augustine grass has turned tan with the cold. What should I do, if anything? My hydrangeas also look awful, but I don't think I should cut them back until I see new ...