All you need to know about winter green couch

As one of Australia’s favourite grasses, couch has been a staple of Aussie backyards forever. It’s tough, aggressive and low maintenance – three traits that Aussies at large tend to pride themselves on. But this toughness has historically been a double-edged sword. Couch has a reputation for being coarse and itchy, which isn’t ideal for the inevitable diving catches of backyard cricket on a hot summer’s day.

That’s where winter green couch comes in.

Winter green is a new variety of couch that does away with the traditionally coarse and thick leaf, and replaces it with a fine leaf that is markedly softer. But while it’s softer to the touch, it’s no less hard-wearing than a traditional Couch – it’ll still handle high levels of traffic, its deep root system will get it through periods of drought and it is resis

tant to pests and diseases. What’s more, it’s one of the lowest maintenance couch varieties available. Winter green is truly a grass that you can set and forget – it requires minimal watering, is thick and dense enough to choke out most weeds, and is naturally self-repairing.

Despite having ‘winter’ in the title, winter green couch is actually a warm season grass. As such it can be negatively affected by frosts, so if you find yourself in a frost-prone area it’s wise to choose something else. But that aside, Australia being the warm place that it is almost any region is capable of growing winter green, and it will thrive in most major cities. Winter green is considered one of the best all round turfs on the market, and it’s not hard to see why. A magical combination of adaptable, beautiful, extremely hard wearing, low maintenance, and soft and comfortable, winter green is a fantastic choice for almost any Australian yard.