Aesthetics • Eye catching dark green colour. • Luxurious soft-to-the-touch feel. • Fine, tight leaf blade growth. • Great autumn / winter colour. • Early spring green up (if dormant). • Small leaf blade (5-7mm). Well proportioned to shrinking lot sizes.		Functionality • Grows in clay and sandy soil types. • Durable and robust. • Vigorous re-growth from underground rhizomes. • Rapid injury recovery. • Good resistance to insects and diseases. • Moderate to good shade tolerance.
Climatic • Grows Australia wide. • Thrives in extreme heat and humidity. • Excellent cold hardiness. • Drought tolerant due to deep root system.		Environmental • Low water use due to deep root system. • Reduced fertiliser requirements. • Less insecticide, herbicide and fungicide usage.
Maintenance • Cut between 25mm and 50mm every 7 to 21 days in the warmer months, depending on frequency of fertiliser. • Requires less fertiliser than other lawns. • Easy weed control, as EMPIRE is good at out competing weeds, and is tolerant to common herbicides.

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“EMPIRE™ ZOYSIA – It just keeps looking good.”

Probably the hardest lawn in the world to wear out. Only the better Buffalo varieties have more shade tolerance. Almost indestructible rolls or slabs. With such little mowing required, it is the ideal lawn for slopes.

Sod Solutions, Inc. is pleased to introduce EMPIRE ZOYSIA, a selected cultivar of Zoysia japonica, chosen specifically for its ability to reduce production costs while demonstrating very desirable growth characteristics. Reduced production costs are achieved by EMPIRE's rapid expansion rate, reproduction from rhizomes, and its natural chemical resistance for easier weed control. Unlike other Zoysia grasses, EMPIRE is not too slow. In fact compared to other Zoysias lawns, EMPIRE is super fast, however EMPIRE still requires less mowing than Couch, Kikuyu, and Buffalo turf.

EMPIRE demonstrates superior dark green color, low thatch build up due to its wide bladed leaf (compared to other Zoysias) and open growth habit, natural chemical resistance to MSMA, 2,4-D, and Fusillade II, and good drought tolerance. EMPIRE was discovered in Brazil, and unlike other Zoysia varieties, has proven its ability to thrive in hot, humid conditions as well as colder climates. EMPIRE has performed well in sandy and clay soil types with aggressive growth from its runners and rhizomes, but can be mowed with a standard rotary mower due to its broader leaf and open growth habit. It requires less maintenance and mowing than other grasses, and is a very efficient water user. This versatile turf grass thrives in all climatic regions of Australia, from Darwin, to Tasmania, from Sydney to Perth, and would even survive in places where the temperature drops to 20 degrees below 0.

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Winter Color -	Dormant in Colder areas (e.g. Canberra), Good in Sydney, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, etc.
Hot Weather Tolerance -	Excellent / thrives in hot humid and desert areas
Cold Tolerance -	Excellent. You would have to go to the top of Mt Kosciusko to find a place in Australia where EMPIRE won't live.
Shade Tolerance -	Moderate to good, only better Buffalo varieties have more
Wear Resistance -	Excellent
Salt Tolerance -	Excellent / thrives near coastal areas
Mowing Height -	25mm to 50mm / can be mowed 12mm to 25mm when maintained like a bowling green.
Recovery from Injury -	Excellent / runners and rhizomes fill in damaged areas
Use -	Lawns / residential, commercial, sports, parks, roadsides
Root Structure -	Fine, deep, massive, rhizomes spread underground
Drought Tolerance -	Excellent once established
Texture -	Wide, soft, more open than most Zoysias, finer than Buffalo

Internode Length -	30-35 mm	Leaf Width -	5-7 mm
Internode Diameter -	2.5-3.5 mm	Shoot Density -	32 per dm2