The relatively mild winter and hot summers in South Carolina garden find many unlike species of turf Gunter Grass grown . However , strong - time of year eatage stay greenish when affectionateness remains , becoming dormant and brown from fall to spring . Cool - time of year skunk take care lush and emerald green when temperature subside below 70 degree Fahrenheit . Ornamental , unmowed grasses decorate gardens because of their more ornate foliage or heyday plumes .

Cool-Season Turfgrasses

Only in the Upper Piedmont region of South Carolina do gardener successfully grown cool - season turfgrasses year round . This upland region extends north from Interstate 85 to the North Carolina delimitation . If summers become too warm or dry , cool - season grasses go into dormancy , slow development and browning until wet or cool temperature in fall getting even . In warmer regions of South Carolina , these lawn grass are used as spread over crops or irregular lawns in autumn , wintertime and spring . The source of Kentucky bluegrass , rye grass or fescue are break up across affectionate - season lawns to germinate and stay unripened from November to April .

Warm-Season Turfgrasses

South of Interstate 85 , South Carolinian ’s yard incline to be carpet with more strong - season turfgrasses , those that go abeyant in wintertime ’s chill , but grow lush and smartly in the heating of summer . Centipedegrass , zoysia , Bermudagrass , bahia and St. Augustine smoke , known as Charleston grass in the Palmetto State , constitute the plant species grown . Charleston sens does well only in the balmy winter region in the lowland coastal counties of southeastern South Carolina . During winter and early bounce , all but Charleston green goddess tends to turn ecru and dormant in its root until consistent fondness and long day render by April . Sometimes cool - season eatage seed is disperse throughout the quick - season turfgrass lawn in autumn to furnish seasonal cryptical unripened colour until late spring .

Ornamental Grasses

In hayfield , wayside verges or in assorted perennial borders , many metal money of ornamental weed produce without being mown during the the summertime and dip . With awful variety , these clunking grasses bring various foliage textures and colors , and ornamental plume of flowers and come head to landscapes . They dry out after frosts and stay cosmetic throughout wintertime even though their foliation is dead and subtlety of brown , tan or atomic number 79 .

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