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Lawn Care Guides Master Series

One reference per grass. Seven volumes. The shelf you'll actually use.

Each volume is the single-source field reference for one species — written by Anton Schwarz and the Lawn Care Guides editors. Botanical foundation, cultivar encyclopedia, establishment, maintenance program, pest/disease/weed management, regional adaptation, and the month-by-month action calendar. Available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover on Amazon.

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Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

The transition-zone and southern lawn workhorse. Tifway, TifTuf, Celebration, Latitude 36 — and every cultural call from scalping in March to overseeding in October.

269 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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St. Augustine Grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

The dominant residential warm-season grass of Florida, the Gulf Coast, and coastal Southeast. Floratam, Palmetto, CitraBlue, ProVista — establishment, chinch bug defense, take-all root rot.

290 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Zoysia

Zoysia japonica & matrella

The slow-establishing, low-input, premium warm-season choice. Meyer, Empire, Zeon, JaMur — plus the patience math that decides whether zoysia fits your situation.

252 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Kentucky Bluegrass

Poa pratensis

The Northeast / Midwest / Pacific Northwest residential default. Award, Bewitched, Midnight II, Liberator — fall fertilization, summer patch defense, the self-repair advantage of rhizomes.

158 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Tall Fescue

Schedonorus arundinaceus

The transition-zone cool-season workhorse. Titanium 2LS, Rebel IV, Falcon V, Cochise IV — drought tolerance via 12-24 inch roots, brown patch defense, annual overseeding ritual.

148 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Fine Fescue

Festuca spp.

Four species — creeping red, chewings, hard, sheep — for shade, low input, and the no-mow lawn movement. Boreal, Compass, Reliant IV; the species selection matrix; meadow-style management.

136 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Perennial Ryegrass

Lolium perenne

The dominant species of European football pitches and U.S. sports turf. Manhattan 6, Top Hat 2, Brightstar SLT — 4-7 day germination, gray leaf spot defense, the winter overseed of bermuda chapter.

146 pages · Kindle $9.99 · Paperback $19.99 · Hardcover $29.99

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Why this series

One species per book. Not a generic "lawn care" anthology. Every page is specific to the grass on the cover — biology, cultivars, management, regional adaptation, calendar.

Cultivar-level recommendations, not brand fluff. NTEP performance data, named cultivars, and the reasons one outperforms another by a 2-point margin.

Research-backed. Synthesized from university cooperative extension publications, NTEP trials, and decades of practitioner field experience.

Pin-the-cheat-sheet structure. Each volume ends with a consolidated cheat-sheet appendix readers actually pin inside the garage door.

Anton Schwarz Anton Schwarz Lead Turfgrass Specialist & Author
Rob Boirun Rob Boirun Founder, Lawn Care Guides

All seven volumes on Amazon

Browse the full Lawn Care Guides Master Series — Kindle, paperback, and hardcover — on Anton's Amazon author page.

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Coming next

Volume 8 — Centipede (Eremochloa ophiuroides), the low-input warm-season grass for the Southeast.

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