Zeon Characteristics

• Exceptional shade & drought tolerance
• Fine-bladed with vertical leaf posture
• Deep green in color with extraordinary visual appeal
• Excellent late season color retention & early spring green-up
• Short stolon & internode length
• Vigorous root, stolon and rhizome production
• Available only through licensed producers

Improved Plant Vigor

• Zeon’s extensive root system, high stolon frequency, and vigorous rhizome growth produces a thick compact turf that recovers quickly from injury
• Zeon’s turf quality tested much higher, compared to other zoysia cultivars in the National Zoysiagrass tests
• In controlled testing by the National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP), Zeon produced less thatch than all other zoysia cultivars except ‘JaMur’ another of The Turfgrass Group, Inc. varieties
• Zeon will consistently establish in a wide variety of soil types
• Zeon exhibited superior genetic characteristics in replicated turf stress trials in Illinois, Georgia, & Texas

Cultural Practices

• When maintained at 1-2” Zeon has the feel of a Bermuda type. This is definitely “Barefoot Grass”
• In golf course fairway applications, Zeon can be maintained at as low as 3/8” mowing height
• Zeon can be easily maintained using a standard rotary type lawnmower
• All herbicides and fertilizers necessary for the maintenance of Zeon can be purchased at your local nursery or hardware store
• All herbicides used on other zoysia cultivars can be safely applied to Zeon Zoysia®

Certified Purity & Uniformity

• Zeon is licensed in the Southeastern U.S., Hawaii, and Australia exclusively to The Turfgrass Group, Inc. and its sub-licensees.
• Zeon is available only through a select group of licensed certified producers
• Zeon is grown & sold under a rigorous set of rules & guidelines designed to promote on-going quality, purity, and uniformity

State Certification

• Certification is the only method of assuring the consumer is receiving the variety they purchased
• Zeon can only be produced and sold as a Certified turfgrass variety, unlike many other varieties
• Certification agencies in each state inspect all Zeon production fields regularly, protecting the interests of the consumer by providing a third party system of quality control