4 Best Summer Grasses | Colour-Retaining Summer Grass

All flora, naturally, thrive in summer. But Victoria’s hotter months can scorch and fade grasses that aren’t tough enough. Ours are. We’ve collected four drought-tolerant, moisture-retaining, colour-keeping summer grasses for all of Victoria to enjoy.

We’ve cultivated all the summer grass types we stock to retain their colour and health in the heat. But they do have their unique differences. Check out our comparison below.

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The four best summer grasses for Melbourne’s heat

TifTuf Bermuda has the highest drought tolerance; Sir Grange Zoysia is purely ornamental; and Eureka Premium VG Kikuyu and Sir Walter DNA Certified Buffalo have excellent self-repairing qualities.

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

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

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Developed specifically for the Victorian climate, our Eureka Premium turf is an excellent choice for any medium or high-traffic lawn areas.

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Our Sir Grange grass is ideal for low-wear lawn areas. With a maximum leaf height of 80mm, a beautiful Ornamental Grass

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Frost
Shade
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High Temperature
Wear Tolerance
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Creating a summer maintenance plan is critical. But it doesn’t have to be such hard work. We’ve created a seasonal lawn care maintenance guide to help you keep your garden in pristine condition. Read the guide for detailed information, but here’s what you can expect to learn:

Why your grass is yellowing in summer
How to revive dying grass in summer
How often you should water your grass in summer
If you should aerate your grass in summer
Why laying turf in summer and spring is best
When to mow your grass in summer

We also discuss summer weed control, fertilisers, wetting agents, and lawn growth regulators. We also recommend you read our blog post on summer lawn care. And remember — we’re always happy to chat on the phone.

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