Texas Lawn Care Guide

Name: Texas Lawn Care Data
Creator: USDA / NOAA
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Lawn care guide for 254 counties · Average LDS: 32/100

Texas covers USDA hardiness zones 6–10, with lawn difficulty averaging 32/100 across 254 counties. Bermudagrass is the most widely recommended grass in the state.

Counties by Lawn Difficulty

County	LDS	Zone	Top Grass
Rockwall County	10	8b	Bermudagrass
Camp County	12	8b	Bermudagrass
Grimes County	14	9a	Bermudagrass
Delta County	15	8b	Bermudagrass
Jackson County	15	9a	Bermudagrass
San Jacinto County	16	9a	Bermudagrass
Waller County	16	9a	Bermudagrass
Denton County	18	8b	Bermudagrass
Grayson County	18	8a	Bermudagrass
Sabine County	18	9a	Bermudagrass
Wise County	18	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Collin County	19	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Fannin County	19	8a	Bermudagrass
Freestone County	19	8b	Bermudagrass
Henderson County	19	8b	Bahiagrass
Rains County	19	8b	Bermudagrass
Tarrant County	19	8b	Bermudagrass
Van Zandt County	19	8b	Bermudagrass
Cooke County	20	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Dallas County	20	8b	Bermudagrass
Franklin County	20	8b	Bermudagrass
Hamilton County	20	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Hood County	20	8b	Bermudagrass
Kaufman County	20	8b	Bermudagrass
Navarro County	20	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Anderson County	21	8b	Bermudagrass
Bosque County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Calhoun County	21	9b	St. Augustinegrass
Ellis County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Falls County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Hill County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Hunt County	21	8b	Bermudagrass
Johnson County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Limestone County	21	8b	Bermudagrass
Matagorda County	21	9b	Bermudagrass
McLennan County	21	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Montague County	21	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Upshur County	21	8b	Bermudagrass
Wood County	21	8b	Bahiagrass
Cherokee County	22	8b	Bahiagrass
Gregg County	22	8b	Bermudagrass
Hopkins County	22	8b	Bermudagrass
Leon County	22	8b	Bermudagrass
Madison County	22	9a	Bermudagrass
Morris County	22	8b	Bermudagrass
Red River County	22	8a	Bermudagrass
Robertson County	22	9a	Bermudagrass
Aransas County	23	9b	Bermudagrass
Bell County	23	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Cass County	23	8b	Bermudagrass
Galveston County	23	9b	Bermudagrass
Houston County	23	8b	Bahiagrass
Marion County	23	8b	Bermudagrass
Rusk County	23	8b	Bahiagrass
Titus County	23	8b	Bermudagrass
Walker County	23	9a	Bahiagrass
Bowie County	24	8b	Bahiagrass
Brazos County	24	9a	Bermudagrass
Lamar County	24	8a	Bermudagrass
Milam County	24	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Austin County	25	9a	Bermudagrass
Brazoria County	25	9b	Bermudagrass
Burleson County	25	9a	Bermudagrass
Fort Bend County	25	9b	Bermudagrass
Refugio County	25	9b	St. Augustinegrass
Smith County	25	8b	Centipedegrass
Victoria County	25	9b	Bermudagrass
Washington County	25	9a	Bermudagrass
Colorado County	26	9a	Bermudagrass
DeWitt County	26	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Erath County	26	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Fayette County	26	9a	Bermudagrass
Goliad County	26	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Lavaca County	26	9a	Bermudagrass
Lee County	26	9a	Bermudagrass
Palo Pinto County	26	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Parker County	26	8a	St. Augustinegrass
San Augustine County	26	9a	Bermudagrass
Somervell County	26	8b	Bermudagrass
Williamson County	26	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Coryell County	27	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Foard County	27	8a	Buffalograss
Jack County	27	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Kendall County	27	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Lampasas County	27	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Newton County	27	9a	Bermudagrass
Polk County	27	9a	Bermudagrass
Wharton County	27	9a	Bermudagrass
Bastrop County	28	9a	Bermudagrass
Comanche County	28	8b	St. Augustinegrass
Gonzales County	28	9a	Bermudagrass
Hays County	28	8b	Bermudagrass
Jasper County	28	9a	Bermudagrass
Travis County	28	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Angelina County	29	9a	Centipedegrass
Armstrong County	29	7a	Buffalograss
Clay County	29	8a	St. Augustinegrass
Harrison County	29	8b	Centipedegrass
Mills County	29	8b	Bermudagrass
Panola County	29	8b	Centipedegrass
Archer County	30	8a	Bermudagrass
Eastland County	30	8a	Bermudagrass
Montgomery County	30	9a	Centipedegrass
Throckmorton County	30	8a	Buffalograss
Uvalde County	30	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Young County	30	8a	Buffalograss
Brown County	31	8a	Bermudagrass
Callahan County	31	8a	Buffalograss
Mason County	31	8b	Bermudagrass
Nacogdoches County	31	8b	Centipedegrass
San Saba County	31	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Stephens County	31	8a	Buffalograss
Blanco County	32	8b	Bermudagrass
Burnet County	32	8b	Bermudagrass
Chambers County	32	9b	Bermudagrass
Harris County	32	9b	Bermudagrass
McCulloch County	32	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Shackelford County	32	8a	Buffalograss
Trinity County	32	9a	Bahiagrass
Bandera County	33	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Baylor County	33	8a	Buffalograss
Caldwell County	33	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Cameron County	33	10a	Seashore Paspalum
Coleman County	33	8a	Buffalograss
Comal County	33	9a	Bermudagrass
Gillespie County	33	8b	Bermudagrass
Haskell County	33	8a	Buffalograss
Hemphill County	33	7a	Buffalograss
Jones County	33	8a	Buffalograss
Kenedy County	33	—	—
Nueces County	33	10a	Bermudagrass
Orange County	33	9b	Bermudagrass
San Patricio County	33	9b	Bermudagrass
Shelby County	33	8b	Centipedegrass
Taylor County	33	8a	Bermudagrass
Tyler County	33	9a	Centipedegrass
Wichita County	33	8a	Bermudagrass
Wilbarger County	33	8a	Buffalograss
Willacy County	33	10a	Seashore Paspalum
Briscoe County	34	7b	Buffalograss
Hardeman County	34	7b	Buffalograss
Kerr County	34	8b	Bermudagrass
Knox County	34	8a	Buffalograss
Martin County	34	8a	Buffalograss
Menard County	34	8a	Buffalograss
Wilson County	34	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Bee County	35	9b	St. Augustinegrass
Bexar County	35	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Coke County	35	8a	Buffalograss
Floyd County	35	7b	Buffalograss
Guadalupe County	35	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Irion County	35	8a	Bermudagrass
Kimble County	35	8a	Buffalograss
Real County	35	8b	Bermudagrass
Schleicher County	35	8a	Buffalograss
Childress County	36	7b	Buffalograss
Collingsworth County	36	7b	Buffalograss
Concho County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Cottle County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Crosby County	36	7b	Buffalograss
Fisher County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Gray County	36	7a	Buffalograss
Jefferson County	36	9b	Bermudagrass
Karnes County	36	9a	St. Augustinegrass
Kent County	36	8a	Buffalograss
King County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Kleberg County	36	9b	Bermudagrass
Lynn County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Medina County	36	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Motley County	36	7b	Buffalograss
Nolan County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Runnels County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Stonewall County	36	8a	Buffalograss
Atascosa County	37	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Dickens County	37	8a	Buffalograss
Garza County	37	8a	Buffalograss
Hall County	37	7b	Buffalograss
Hidalgo County	37	10a	Seashore Paspalum
Mitchell County	37	8a	Buffalograss
Roberts County	37	7a	Buffalograss
Tom Green County	37	8a	Buffalograss
Edwards County	38	8b	Bermudagrass
Jim Wells County	38	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Live Oak County	38	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Scurry County	38	8a	Buffalograss
Sterling County	38	8a	Buffalograss
Sutton County	38	8a	Buffalograss
Carson County	39	7a	Buffalograss
Hale County	39	7b	Buffalograss
Loving County	39	—	—
Starr County	39	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Cochran County	40	7b	Buffalograss
Duval County	40	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Frio County	40	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Hockley County	40	7b	Buffalograss
Hutchinson County	40	7a	Buffalograss
Jim Hogg County	40	9b	Bermudagrass
Kinney County	40	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Lipscomb County	40	7a	Buffalograss
Llano County	40	8b	Bermudagrass
McMullen County	40	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Ochiltree County	40	7a	Buffalograss
Hansford County	41	7a	Buffalograss
La Salle County	41	9a	Seashore Paspalum
Wheeler County	41	7a	Buffalograss
Crockett County	42	8a	Buffalograss
Donley County	42	7a	Buffalograss
Hardin County	42	9a	Bermudagrass
Liberty County	42	9a	Bermudagrass
Lubbock County	42	7b	Buffalograss
Swisher County	42	7a	Buffalograss
Terry County	42	8a	Buffalograss
Webb County	42	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Yoakum County	42	7b	Buffalograss
Zapata County	42	9b	Seashore Paspalum
Zavala County	42	9a	Bermudagrass
Borden County	43	8a	Buffalograss
Brooks County	43	9b	Bermudagrass
Dawson County	43	8a	Buffalograss
Gaines County	43	8a	Buffalograss
Hartley County	43	7a	Buffalograss
Howard County	43	8a	Buffalograss
Reagan County	43	8a	Bermudagrass
Castro County	44	7a	Buffalograss
Culberson County	44	8a	Bermudagrass
Glasscock County	44	8a	Buffalograss
Midland County	44	8a	Buffalograss
Moore County	44	7a	Buffalograss
Oldham County	44	7a	Buffalograss
Potter County	44	7a	Buffalograss
Andrews County	45	8a	Buffalograss
Crane County	45	8a	Bermudagrass
Deaf Smith County	45	7a	Buffalograss
Ector County	45	8b	Bermudagrass
Jeff Davis County	45	8a	Bermudagrass
Parmer County	45	7a	Buffalograss
Upton County	45	8b	Bermudagrass
Ward County	45	8a	Buffalograss
Winkler County	45	8a	Bermudagrass
Lamb County	46	7a	Buffalograss
Randall County	46	7a	Buffalograss
Sherman County	46	7a	Buffalograss
Bailey County	47	7a	Buffalograss
Dallam County	47	6b	Buffalograss
El Paso County	47	8b	Bermudagrass
Maverick County	47	9a	Bermudagrass
Brewster County	48	8b	Bermudagrass
Dimmit County	48	9a	Bermudagrass
Hudspeth County	48	8a	Bermudagrass
Pecos County	48	8a	Buffalograss
Presidio County	48	8a	Buffalograss
Reeves County	48	8a	Buffalograss
Terrell County	48	8b	Seashore Paspalum
Val Verde County	48	8b	Seashore Paspalum