[Arid_gardener] Re: Bermudagrass under a Shade Tree

[Olin Miller]

Try St. Augustine if you need a warm season grass that grows in the shade.
Bermudagrass needs full sun.  It will not grow in the shade.

Olin Miller, Master Gardener Volunteer
U of A Cooperative Extension, Maricopa County AZ
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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <baillied at aol.com>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 4:15 PM
> Shirley Dunbar 85250 baillied at aol.com
> All of the bermuda grass in our association yards that have a Chinese Elm
> Tree is dead (or close to).  Is it possible that the tree weeps an oil or
> that the nuts contain a substance that is killing the bermuda grass?  Do
> you know of a summer grass that is safe to grow under Chinese Elm trees?