LawnByCounty

Texas Lawn Care Guide

Lawn care guide for 254 counties · Average LDS: 27/100

USDA SSURGO / PHZM

Texas covers USDA hardiness zones 6–10, with lawn difficulty averaging 27/100 across 254 counties. Buffalograss is the most widely recommended grass in the state.

County grass atlas

Texas grass suitability by county

A compact 2.5D surface of per-species lawn suitability. Toggle Tall Fescue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Bermudagrass, and Zoysiagrass to see which counties best fit each grass — brighter = better fit.

Counties

254/254

Avg best fit

88%

Species

4

Counties by Lawn Difficulty

CountyLDSZone
Rockwall County108b
Grayson County118a
Camp County128b
Tarrant County128b
Van Zandt County128b
Dallas County138b
Denton County138b
Wise County138a
Calhoun County149b
Collin County148b
Ellis County148b
Fannin County148a
Freestone County148b
Grimes County149a
Henderson County148b
Limestone County148b
Matagorda County149b
Rains County148b
Cooke County158a
Delta County158b
Franklin County158b
Gregg County158b
Hamilton County158b
Hood County158b
Jackson County159a
Kaufman County158b
Morris County158b
Navarro County158b
Robertson County159a
Anderson County168b
Aransas County169b
Bell County168b
Bosque County168b
Falls County168b
Hill County168b
Houston County168b
Hunt County168b
Johnson County168b
McLennan County168b
Montague County168a
San Jacinto County169a
Upshur County168b
Walker County169a
Waller County169a
Wood County168b
Brazos County179a
Cherokee County178b
Hopkins County178b
Leon County178b
Madison County179a
Milam County179a
Red River County178a
Austin County189a
Brazoria County189b
Cass County188b
Fort Bend County189b
Marion County188b
Refugio County189b
Rusk County188b
Sabine County189a
Smith County188b
Titus County188b
Victoria County189b
Washington County189a
Bowie County198b
Colorado County199a
DeWitt County199a
Fayette County199a
Goliad County199a
Lamar County198a
Lavaca County199a
Lee County199a
Williamson County199a
Burleson County209a
Newton County209a
Polk County209a
Wharton County209a
Bastrop County219a
Comanche County218b
Erath County218b
Gonzales County219a
Hays County218b
Jasper County219a
Palo Pinto County218a
Parker County218a
San Augustine County219a
Somervell County218b
Travis County219a
Coryell County228b
Jack County228a
Kendall County228b
Lampasas County228b
Panola County228b
Galveston County239b
Montgomery County239a
Angelina County249a
Clay County248a
Harrison County248b
Mills County248b
Nacogdoches County248b
Archer County258a
Burnet County258b
Chambers County259b
Eastland County258a
Harris County259b
Throckmorton County258a
Trinity County259a
Young County258a
Brown County268a
Caldwell County269a
Callahan County268a
Comal County269a
Kenedy County26—
Mason County268b
Nueces County2610a
Orange County269b
San Patricio County269b
San Saba County268b
Stephens County268a
Tyler County269a
Willacy County2610a
Blanco County278b
Foard County278a
McCulloch County278b
Shackelford County278a
Wilson County279a
Bandera County288b
Baylor County288a
Bee County289b
Bexar County289a
Coleman County288a
Gillespie County288b
Guadalupe County289a
Haskell County288a
Jones County288a
Shelby County288b
Taylor County288a
Wichita County288a
Wilbarger County288a
Hardeman County297b
Jefferson County299b
Karnes County299a
Kerr County298b
Kleberg County299b
Knox County298a
Medina County299a
Menard County298a
Atascosa County309a
Coke County308a
Floyd County307b
Hidalgo County3010a
Kimble County308a
Real County308b
Schleicher County308a
Uvalde County309a
Childress County317b
Collingsworth County317b
Concho County318a
Cottle County318a
Crosby County317b
Edwards County318b
Fisher County318a
Jim Wells County319b
Kent County318a
King County318a
Live Oak County319b
Lynn County318a
Motley County317b
Nolan County318a
Runnels County318a
Stonewall County318a
Briscoe County327b
Dickens County328a
Garza County328a
Hall County327b
Mitchell County328a
Starr County329b
Tom Green County328a
Cameron County3310a
Duval County339b
Frio County339a
Hemphill County337a
Jim Hogg County339b
Kinney County339a
McMullen County339b
Scurry County338a
Sterling County338a
Sutton County338a
Gray County347a
Hale County347b
La Salle County349a
Martin County348a
Cochran County357b
Hardin County359a
Hockley County357b
Irion County358a
Liberty County359a
Llano County358b
Roberts County357a
Webb County359b
Zapata County359b
Zavala County359a
Brooks County369b
Wheeler County367a
Carson County377a
Crockett County378a
Lubbock County377b
Terry County378a
Yoakum County377b
Borden County388a
Dawson County388a
Gaines County388a
Howard County388a
Hutchinson County387a
Lipscomb County387a
Ochiltree County387a
Reagan County388a
Armstrong County397a
Culberson County398a
Glasscock County398a
Hansford County397a
Loving County39—
Midland County398a
Andrews County408a
Crane County408a
Donley County407a
Ector County408b
El Paso County408b
Jeff Davis County408a
Maverick County409a
Swisher County407a
Upton County408b
Ward County408a
Winkler County408a
Brewster County418b
Dimmit County419a
Hartley County417a
Lamb County417a
Terrell County418b
Val Verde County418b
Castro County427a
Moore County427a
Oldham County427a
Potter County427a
Deaf Smith County437a
Hudspeth County438a
Parmer County437a
Pecos County438a
Presidio County438a
Reeves County438a
Randall County447a
Sherman County447a
Bailey County457a
Dallam County456b