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Our most salt-tolerant grass

Sir Walter is the most salt tolerant lawn, followed closely by Tiftuf.

Buy Genuine Sir Walter Buffalo Turf in Melbourne, ideal for Victorian Conditions

Wear Tolerance
Salinity
Maintenance
High Temperature
Drought Tolerance

TifTuf Bermuda in Melbourne — TifTuf is resistant to high-traffic use, rapidly repairs itself and is easy to maintain year-round.

Wear Tolerance
Salinity
Maintenance
High Temperature
Drought Tolerance

Our Sir Walter Buffalo grass is by far our most salt-tolerant turf. But it has plenty of other stellar qualities, too.

Why and where our salt-tolerant Buffalo grass thrives

First, let’s discuss what we mean by ‘salt tolerant’ in more concrete terms. Sir Walter can thrive in soil with salt levels as high as 8,000 ppm (parts per million) or 12.5 dS/m (decisiemens per metre). It can survive double that level of exposure, but not without severe damage.

Salt affects grasses exactly as you’d expect it to — dehydration. Coastal flora have evolved to survive sea spray, but beach grasses trade their appearance and texture for hardiness. Our Buffalo doesn’t.

We refine, grow and harvest our Buffalo grass ourselves across four estates along Victoria’s coast so that we can mature the grass in a high-salinity environment. We also grow it in a sand-based medium to improve its drought tolerance. The result is a Buffalo grass that’s absolutely perfect for coastal properties, roadside lawns and climes with icy winters.

If your lawn grass is exposed to salty winds, water and soil, you’ll start seeing a lot of die-off. Installing salt-tolerant grass like Sir Walter DNA Certified Buffalo is going to go a long way to preserving your lawn, but it’ll still need some attention to keep it in top condition.

The two things you can do to protect your grass in a high-salt environment are:

Douse your grass in fresh water. Every week, give your grass a long and deep soaking to wash away the salt coating its leaves and the salt in the soil.
Generously fertilise your grass. The high salt levels (as well as your weekly waterings) will reduce the available nutrients in your soil. We recommend using Lawn Solutions Premium Fertiliser in 10-12 week cycles.

For more advice, please feel free to send us a message or give us a call.

Delivered anywhere

Our delivery team travels across Victoria. We’ll also bring a forklift to help prep your turf for installation.
Grown for Victoria

By growing our turf in Victoria, it acclimates to local conditions and becomes easier to care for.
Specialised harvesting techniques

We harvest our turf in thick slabs to keep their roots intact. That allows for extremely easy turf installation.
Complimentary starter kit

To make your grass even easier to install and maintain, we’ll send over a free order of premium lawn fertiliser.

Hear from our customers

Rob Eustace

Eustace Landscaping use Lilydale instant lawn they provide us with a great variety and quality lawn every time. Delivering to everywhere in Gippsland.
Phil Howell

Their turf looks great, service is top notch, you have a question they are happy to help. My Sir Walter is the best turf I have had, I recommended it to a few people
Tony Williams

Great customer service. Prompt delivery even in the pouring rain. Had to lay in awful conditions but it is coming up a treat and finishes my garden perfectly!
Marcus Kikidopoulos

Lilydale Instant Lawn is some of the best professional's to deal with, fast reliable and great people. Along with this some of the best product around!
Gabs New

Highly recommend this company. Fantastic product, the staff are helpful and knowledgeable about all things turf, happy to guide you through the process.
Adrian Marcy

Lovely turf and highly recommend. They have grouse product of grass, great public service with all the staff are respectful and nice - 10/10