Low Growing Grass?

[cfj104]

Does anyone have any experience or know of a type of vegetation that grows no taller then 2' and will not require mowing? I have a site that I am developing and the neighbors are being permitted to have a say in the final site design and they have requested a low-growing grass (less then 2'). The problem is that this will not be a site where people will be at on a daily basis and maintenance is not something the property owner wants to deal with. This site is located in SE Pennsylvania.

 

[civilperson]

Clover.

 

[RWF7437]

Rocks and Roundup

 

[tsgrue]

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Try searching through these resources...

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

http://www.wildflower.org

Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center

http://plant-materials.nrcs.usda.gov/GAPMC/

US Department of Agriculture PLANTS Database

http://plants.usda.gov

Pennsylvania Coopoerative Extension Service

http://www.extension.psu.edu

Pennsylvania State Turfgrass Management

http://turfgrassmanagement.psu.edu

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[DrGrass]

You may look into some of the newer cultivars of "Low mow bluegrass" golf courses are putting these grasses in the fairways and cutting them around 0.350". I have used a type called "Nu Destiny" in some grassed areas just to see what it would be like at 2 to 3inches and didn't really have to mow it this year. The seed manufacture is Jacklyn Seed. One thing to keep in mind is my area was in a drought and these grasses are slow to establish compared to rye, bent, etc.