For a lawn that requires a lot less care, you should look to one particular low-maintenance grass option that will thrive in nearly any climate: blue grama.

Low water, low maintenance beauty Unlike traditional lawns, blue grama grass requires minimal watering, flourishing with just seven inches of water annually, according to House Digest.

Blue grama is a bunch grass with short, creeping roots (rhizomes), which can form an open sod that does not tolerate heavy foot traffic.

Several years ago, she entered a city-sponsored contest and won a xeriscape garden. This past summer, someone complained that Luanne's mass planting of blue grama grass was way too high.

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Instead, Luanne Stehno was asked to cut her blue grama grass down to city-ordained size. Well, the story's just rolling along like endless fields of Kentucky bluegrass.

She wanted a mix of it with blue grama grass, because the blue grama fills in immediately, while the buffalo grass takes a bit longer to establish.