INNOVATION Varieties

INNOVATION is a fine-textured, cold tolerant zoysiagrass (Zoysia spp.) owned and licensed by Sod Solutions, Inc. Innovation was co-developed and jointly released by Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Dallas, TX, and the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station, Manhattan, KS. Innovation is an F1 interspecific hybrid developed in 2001 from a cross between Z. matrella (L). Merr. and an ecotype of Z. japonica Steud. Innovation must be vegetatively propagated. Innovation is a fast growing zoysia that has similar spring green-up and fall color retention as Meyer and is well suited for use on golf course fairways and tees, home lawns and other recreational areas in the transition zone. US PLANT PATENT. Must be sold as a Certified Class of Sod. Variety Producers
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