Best low-water seed mix for the Denver area?

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Author: Popcorn Lover
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 05:47

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We live in the Denver area and are moving to a house that has no lawn at 
present. I want to plant some grass seed mix over this fall and winter, so 
it sprouts by spring, but we DO NOT want Kentucky Bluegrass that requires a 
lot of water and mowing. 

I've heard of native grasses like Buffalo but there are supposedly pros and 
cons to it, like it sprouts up late and dies off early. They say to mix it 
with other kinds so that they sprout early and stay later. Ok, what kinds?

We're looking for a lawn that we can water once a week and maybe mow once a 
month, and it would still look good? That would be great. Can we do that?

What seed mixes should I look for, for that, which would grow well in 
Denver? 

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Re: Best low-water seed mix for the Denver area?

#5174

Author: Grass roots
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 02:38

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Popcorn Lover <popcorn@N0T-SPAM.COM>  wrote :

> We live in the Denver area and are moving to a house that has no lawn at
> present. I want to plant some grass seed mix over this fall and winter,
> so it sprouts by spring, but we DO NOT want Kentucky Bluegrass that
> requires a lot of water and mowing. 
> 
> I've heard of native grasses like Buffalo but there are supposedly pros
> and cons to it, like it sprouts up late and dies off early. They say to
> mix it with other kinds so that they sprout early and stay later. Ok,
> what kinds? 
> 
> We're looking for a lawn that we can water once a week and maybe mow
> once a month, and it would still look good? That would be great. Can we
> do that? 
> 
> What seed mixes should I look for, for that, which would grow well in 
> Denver? 
> 
> Thanks in advance for your help.
> 

Years ago I read in the paper about something they were calling 
"superturf", that was supposed to be like that, but don't know whatever 
became of it.

Anyone?

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