Need grass ideas and recommendations

[GlockPride]

Ok, so it's been a long three months and we are almost done with building our house. It is now time to select our lawn turf and I have no idea what works best up here since in Texas I always had St Augustine. I tried zoysia and failed.

-We are in the country in Wagoner county between Coweta and Wagoner
-looking for low water consumption
-hardy for summer and winter
-low maintenance, on 13 acres I have more to do than pull weeds
-easy and inexpensive to put down

Any ideas or thoughts for us? I know there a ton of sod farms south of us, but don't know what they are growing or if it will work for our parameters.
Only planting about .25-.5 of an acre's worth of grass.
Thanks for the help.

 

[HarryBear]

I use Kentucky 31 tall Fescue, love it. but make sure there are no trees. Shallow tree roots=dead grasses.

 

[dennishoddy]

Bermuda works pretty well in this neck of the woods, unless you have lots of shade areas, then fescue is used.

 

[tbudspires]

Is it mostly sun, mostly shade or a mix?

 

[GlockPride]

No trees, yet. But plan to put in a few small trees over the next couple of years so the grass may have time to get a head start.

 

[GlockPride]

Is it mostly sun, mostly shade or a mix?

All sun, except for the part that the telephone pole shades.

 

[andrsnsm]

Zoysa and Bermuda work well in the sun, Fescue requires much more water in the heat of the summer. There are some great Bermuda grasses; my neighbor has one that was developed at Oklahoma State and it is gorgeous. Unfortunately I don't know the name but I'm sure you can find one.

 

[Old Fart]

I tried some of the Zoysa grass where I live.
Didn't take.
Bermuda stuck.
I just scattered some clippings and it took off.

 

[Jefpainthorse]

I had to plant hay pasture for my last place... and seeded the finished yard at the house with the same stuff.

Worked great. Sprouted, held the dirt and after a couple of years of regular mowing and care we scarfed it up a bit and over- seeded some fescue .

 

[guns are dumb]

I don't really know much about grass, but I bought a blend of grasses at my local True Value that was "formulated" for Tulsa and it works really well. You might at least have a look there.