Cape royal is a variety of bermuda grass Cynodon dactylon. Cape royal grass is bluish in colour and can be confused with Maadi river grass. However, unlike Maadi river grass, Cape royal grass has smaller leaves and the stolons are smaller. Cape royal grass is a creeping lawn grass. It grows by sending stolons sideways and roots develop at each node. Cape royal grass has poor shade tolerance and should only be grown in full sun. Like all tight growing creeping grasses, cape royal out-competes weeds well. It however does not out-compete weeds as well as Arabic grass or Maadi river grass does. Has a high heat and drought tolerance.
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