Medium-bladed, soft, and beautiful
EMPIRE® Turf is a medium-bladed, dark green zoysiagrass that is easy to maintain, soft, and beautiful. It features excellent wear tolerance, requires less mowing and fewer chemical applications, and is chinch bug resistant. More importantly, EMPIRE Turf allows the water supply to be shut off in severe periods of drought without the danger of permanently harming the lawn. EMPIRE Turf… one lawn, many benefits — the perfect choice for southern home lawns.
Uses
- Residential lawns
- Commercial properties
- Golf course rough
- Parks and public spaces
Highlights
- Medium-to-wide bladed
- 1 to 2-inch mowing height
- 1 inch of water per week
- Chinch bug resistant
- Survives severe drought without permanent harm
| Characteristic | EMPIRE® Turf |
|---|---|
| Aesthetics | |
| Uses | Home, Commercial, Golf, Sports |
| Color | Blue-Green |
| Blade Width | 5–7 mm |
| Feel | Very Soft |
| Fall Color Retention | Very Good |
| Spring Greenup | Good |
| Function | |
| Growth | Rapid Horizontal Growth from Stolons/Rhizomes |
| Wear/Injury Recovery | Very Good |
| Insect Resistance | Chinch Bugs |
| Climate | |
| Cold | Very Good |
| Shade | Good |
| Drought | Very Good |
| Salt | Good |
| Care | |
| Mower | Standard Rotary |
| Height | 1″ – 2″ |
Know your grass.
How EMPIRE® Turf looks, grows and holds up — and what it takes to keep it looking its best.
Season-by-season care
Mowing, watering, fertilization, weed, insect and fungus control for spring, summer and fall.
Open the maintenance guideOur gallery
Other grasses we grow
Emerald Zoysia
Soft, fine-bladed and deep green — the showpiece lawn.
Innovation™ Zoysiagrass
Right between fine Emerald and wide-bladed EMPIRE — with real shade tolerance.
Tifway 419 Bermuda
A tough, dark green hybrid bermuda that takes a beating and bounces back.
Ready for EMPIRE® Turf?
Fresh-cut sod, delivered from our farm to your project. Call us or send a request and our team will get back to you quickly.