Some of its assets-such as an aggressive root system?EUR??,,????'???can make its use as a turf grass difficult. The grass must be grown on layers of plastic to keep the root system shallow enough to transplant, but so far the roots want to poke straight through and head for water. Currently, specialists are putting in a lawn in a CSU dormitory complex from plugs-a technique that is used for planting Colorado’s drought-tolerant buffalograss. Buffalograss roots can grow 5 or 6 feet deep in contrast to bluegrass that has a root depth of 10 to 18 inches.

In addition, Scotts will be promoting a hybrid bluegrass this year that is a mixture of Kentucky bluegrass and Texas bluegrass developed by Texas A&M University. Its heat tolerance and drought resistance also make it a good choice for some applications in Colorado.