St. Augustine Grass Sod
Wide blade, dense carpet growth, deep green, the Southeast lawn standard.
Order Palmetto, Classic, or Seville St. Augustine sod by the pallet for your Northshore property. Your shaded oak-canopy lots, lakefront blocks, and older oak-canopy neighborhoods get the most popular grass in the region, with delivery direct from the Covington yard.
What makes St. Augustine perform.
St. Augustine grass is a wide-blade warm-season grass with deep green color and dense carpet-like growth. The blade outcompetes weeds, the canopy holds up through Gulf humidity, and the variety has been the leading grass across the southern US for decades. Your home or commercial property gets a thick, established lawn that handles oak shade better than any other grass in the lineup.
- Dense carpet-like growth that outcompetes weeds
- Tolerates Gulf-coast heat and humidity
- Performs better in shade than other warm-season turfgrasses
- Tolerates moderate foot traffic with good wear recovery
- Wide blade, deep green color, established Southern lawn look
- Most popular grass installed across the Northshore
Where St. Augustine belongs.
St. Augustine has been the Northshore default for decades, and you see why on the older oak-canopy blocks through Old Mandeville, Olde Towne Slidell, and downtown Hammond. The wide blade and shade tolerance hold up where Bermuda would thin out and Zoysia would struggle.
Old Mandeville lakefront lots, Olde Towne Slidell, Eden Isles, downtown Hammond, and Old Town Bay St. Louis. Your shaded yard sees a few hours of direct sun and the rest filtered, and St. Augustine is the only grass on the schedule that thrives there.
Your Mandeville Harbor lot, Lake Road properties, and lakefront sandy-loam yards drain inconsistently and hold moisture, which suits St. Augustine fine.
The wide-blade, deep-green, dense carpet look that defines a Northshore lawn. Owners who want that classic Louisiana yard go with St. Augustine.
Bermuda fails in shade. Centipede tolerates some. Zoysia handles partial shade. St. Augustine handles the deepest shade of any grass on the schedule, which is why it leads the install list in shaded older neighborhoods.
Cultivars we supply.
Each cultivar performs differently in shade, traffic, and soil. Pick a tab to read the details. Your installer recommends the right cultivar for your lot at the quote stage.
Palmetto St. Augustine
The default Northshore pick.
Palmetto is the cultivar your installer drops on St. Augustine jobs. Improved cold tolerance, better shade tolerance than Floratam, and a deeper green color through fall. Your install on Old Mandeville, Olde Towne Slidell, or downtown Bay St. Louis is most likely Palmetto.
Classic St. Augustine
Traditional wide-blade variety.
The traditional St. Augustine cultivar with a wider blade and the classic Southern lawn look. Performs in full sun to partial shade, holds color through summer, and gives you that established carpet appearance.
Seville St. Augustine
Fine-blade, semi-dwarf alternative.
Seville is the semi-dwarf cultivar with a finer blade and dense growth pattern. Lower mowing height than other St. Augustine cultivars, which fits owners who want the St. Augustine carpet look without the taller blade.
St. Augustine care basics.
The mowing, watering, and fertilizer baseline for St. Augustine on Northshore lots. Your installer walks you through the full schedule at the quote stage.
- Mowing height
- 3 to 4 inches. Higher in shaded areas, lower for full sun.
- Water requirement
- Moderate. About 1 inch per week during the growing season, less in winter.
- Fertilizer schedule
- Three applications per year. Spring green-up, mid-summer, and early fall.
- Sun requirement
- Partial shade to full sun. Handles 4-6 hours of direct sun, more is better.
- Establishment time
- 2 to 3 weeks for the sod to root with consistent watering twice per day.
St. Augustine compared to the other three.
St. Augustine vs Bermuda: pick St. Augustine for shade. St. Augustine vs Zoysia: pick St. Augustine for the wider blade and shade tolerance. St. Augustine vs Centipede: pick St. Augustine for the established carpet look on a yard that gets watered regularly. For the full side-by-side, see the grass types comparison.
Delivery across the Northshore.
The Covington yard runs deliveries across four parishes in Louisiana plus Pearl River and Hancock Counties in South Mississippi.
St. Augustine grass questions.
Palmetto St. Augustine. It has improved cold tolerance, better shade performance than Floratam, and holds deeper green color through fall. St. Augustine installs across Mandeville, Slidell, Lacombe, and Hammond use Palmetto.
St. Augustine handles the deepest shade of any warm-season grass we sell. It performs with 4 hours of direct sun per day. Heavy oak canopy with dappled light works fine. Full deep shade is the only situation where even St. Augustine struggles.
It goes semi-dormant in deep winter and loses some color, then greens up fast in spring. Through summer and fall it holds rich green color with normal watering. The Northshore winter is mild enough that the dormancy is short.
3 inches minimum on the standard cultivars, with 3.5 to 4 inches preferred. Going below 3 inches scalps the crown and stresses the grass. Seville is the only cultivar that tolerates a slightly lower cut.
Yes. The Covington yard runs deliveries across St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes in Louisiana, and into Pearl River and Hancock Counties in South Mississippi. See the service-areas page for the full list.
Both options work. Order the pallet and lay it yourself, or add the installation service at the quote stage. Self-install works fine on smaller flat yards. Larger lots, sloped terrain, or post-storm rebuild grading usually go faster with a crew.
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