I had a CA bent grass sod lawn installed one year ago. La Mesa, sort of inland San Diego. I'm pretty sure it is dead now, but hoping it "comes out of dormancy". With subsurface drip and a lot of rain, it did great. Got established, grew like crazy, was soft and beautiful, and I loved it. As the heat picked up to the 90s in July, I couldn't keep it green. Just kept getting more brown with increased watering. Since it is a cool season lawn, and I know how other natives don't want water during summer dormancy, I quit watering. Now that it is cooling down, I am putting the water back on. There are bits of green showing up, but I don't have much hope that it will return to its previous glory. I think there is a reason we don't see many bent grass lawns in SoCal. I'm looking into a fescue blend or buffalo grass if the bent grass doesn't pan out. Hopefully some other people have experiences to share. The internet has lots of pics of new installs, not many established lawns. Answer from scrotalus on reddit.com
California Wild Gardens
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Native Bentgrass - Agrostis Pallens Lawn Sod
Native Bentgrass Lawn Sod
Agrostis pallens, San Diego Bentgrass, Thingrass, California bentgrass etc. FULL SUN - PART SHADE
Agrostis pallens is a true California Native Grass. Bentgrass occurs naturally in almost all densely inhabited areas of the state. That doesn't mean it grows like a weed - it still needs a little help to get started, especially where soil conditions are not ideal. It stays green most of the year with some exceptions.* Experiencing golden patches in summer or in hot climates with heat waves.
This native meadow grass works great for regularly mowed areas or those you want
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Reddit
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r/Ceanothus on Reddit: Anyone have firsthand experience with a Native Bentgrass lawn, or other native lawn option?
November 22, 2020 -
I'm in the IE (Redlands) and am especially curious if anyone has had success with it here. Everything I'm reading online sounds great, but I would love more insight on it before committing.
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I had a CA bent grass sod lawn installed one year ago. La Mesa, sort of inland San Diego. I'm pretty sure it is dead now, but hoping it "comes out of dormancy". With subsurface drip and a lot of rain, it did great. Got established, grew like crazy, was soft and beautiful, and I loved it. As the heat picked up to the 90s in July, I couldn't keep it green. Just kept getting more brown with increased watering. Since it is a cool season lawn, and I know how other natives don't want water during summer dormancy, I quit watering. Now that it is cooling down, I am putting the water back on. There are bits of green showing up, but I don't have much hope that it will return to its previous glory. I think there is a reason we don't see many bent grass lawns in SoCal. I'm looking into a fescue blend or buffalo grass if the bent grass doesn't pan out. Hopefully some other people have experiences to share. The internet has lots of pics of new installs, not many established lawns.
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I went a different route for my small lawn in Central LA - Yarrow. Easily mowed, can handle decent traffic, thrives in the summer with low water. Maintenance is just cutting the flower stalks because they’ll get woody. Yarrow feels so wonderful and plush on bare feet.
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California Native Bentgrass – Sod and Seed, Inc.
Our CA Native Bentgrass has a medium-sized leaf with a dark green color, thrives in full sun, tolerates partial shade, extremely drought tolerant, excellent wear recovery and self-repairing.
West Coast Turf
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Arizona Sod - West Coast Native Bentgrass Sod-Agrostis pallets
California native grasses are playing a large role in landscaping with water conservative plants. They are becoming the popular choice for lawns, landscapes, golf courses, and parks. West Coast Native Bentgrass (Agrostis pallens) is a cool-season bent grass. It can be mowed or left to flop, ...
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
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Adding to California’s Native Lawn Lineup - Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
April 3, 2025 - California native grass lawns might be the perfect solution. Aerial view of the Hoover’s bentgrass (Agrostis hooveri) research plots along the pathway to the Garden’s Island View Section.
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The Best Sod for Southern California is Back, Native Bentgrass! – Sod and Seed, Inc.
Native Bentgrass belongs to the ... Native Bentgrass is most popular in Southern California for residential sod lawns, commercial sod lawns, native landscapes, drought tolerant land and native lawns....
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California Bent Grass
Agrostis densiflora is a species of grass known by the common name California bent grass. It is endemic to the coast of northern and central California, where it grows in habitat along the immediate coastline, such as dunes and bluffs.
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Native Bentgrass Seed – Sod and Seed, Inc.
California Native Bentgrass seed will germinate into a sod lawn that offers excellent drought tolerance, wear recovery, disease resistance as well as resistance to shade and ow maintenance features.
Idiggreenacres
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Native Bentgrass — Green Acres Nursery & Supply
We offer fresh, locally-grown sod. Native Bentgrass™ is the industries most popular sod for native lawn areas for the Northern California climate, like Roseville, Sacramento, Folsom, Elk Grove and Rocklin. Plant in full sun and partial shade.
Nature's Seed
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Thingrass Seed - California Bentgrass (Agrostis Pallens) aka Seashore Bentgrass
July 4, 2025 - Thingrass is the trade name for Agrostis pallens, also known as native California bentgrass or seashore bentgrass. It’s a perennial grass native to the Western U.S. that looks and feels like a fine-bladed lawn grass.
Santabarbaragardens
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A New Lawn Alternative: California Native Sod - Santa Barbara Garden Design - Joan S Bolton
September 7, 2021 - According to Clifton F. Smith’s “A Flora of the Santa Barbara Region, California,” Agrostis pallens is found “as dense colonies commonly scattered on cool, well-drained woodland/chaparral slopes in Santa Ynez Mtns., west to San Julian ...
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Agrostis densiflora, California Bent Grass – Plant Material
Agrostis densiflora, California Bent Grass
California Bent Grass
A native grass endemic to the central and northern coast of Califoronia. This grass grows up to two and a half feet high.
- Plant in full sun to part shade
- Plants do well in well draining soil
- Attracts butterflies
- Native to California
Price US$10.00
Houzz
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California native bentgrass or fine-leafed Fescue no-mow sod?
It's a small area so a little extra ... Fescue is $.88/sq ft whereas the native bentgrass can be found at $1.75/sq ft here in San Jose, CA....
Lawnstarter
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California Native Grasses to Replace Your Lawn
March 10, 2025 - Deergrass Photo Credit: Matt Lavin / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 · Deergrass, also called Meadow Muhly, is another California native bunchgrass that makes an excellent lawn replacement.
Deltabluegrass
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What does the term “California Native” really mean?
wise environmental decision. California native turf generates oxygen for the atmosphere and ... Native Bentgrass ™ is the first choice for a traditional lawn replacement.
Larner Seeds
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Agrostis pallens, West Coast Bentgrass – Larner Seeds
Agrostis pallens West coast bentgrass is one of the few California grasses that is considered a “turf” grass rather than a bunchgrass, meaning that it spreads through underground rhizomes.
California Flora Nursery
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Agrostis pallens | California Flora Nursery
California Native Plants · Perennials ... · Links · California bentgrass · A fine textured, drought tolerant, spreading, perennial grass that forms an undulating, naturalistic, meadow look, or can be mowed and used as a lawn substitute....
Deltabluegrass
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NATIVE BENTGRASS™
Delta Bluegrass offers Premium California Sod varieties that produce low maintenance lawns and turfs for homeowners and industry professionals.
Ssseeds
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Native Bentgrass Sod
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