Growing resilient lawns for mountain landscapes

Growing resilient lawns for mountain landscapes

If you’ve tried to grow a lawn in Eagle County, you know how hard it is to keep your greenery flourishing through our unique and sometimes difficult landscape. The popular lawn plant used widely across the United States, Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis), is not well suited for our region. It is a non-native species with high water demands and minimal habitat for wildlife, using up to 20 gallons of water per square foot over a 20-week irrigatio…