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Does your Bermuda thin out under trees or a patio cover? We lay Palmetto St. Augustine sod in Chandler, AZ for yards with shade. Call (480) 219-0038 and our crew will clear the tired grass, prep and grade the soil, check the sprinkler coverage and lay broad bladed St. Augustine where it can thrive. We are family owned, and your estimate is free and in writing.
Tell us where the yard is and we will come measure it.
Palmetto is a semi dwarf variety of St. Augustine grass with broad, soft blades. It tolerates much more shade than Bermuda, so it keeps growing under mature trees, beside tall walls and at the edge of a covered patio where Bermuda fades.
It still needs some direct sun each day, and deep shade all day will thin any grass. St. Augustine also uses more water than Bermuda and does not bounce back from heavy wear as fast, so we match it to the right part of the yard.
Ready when you areTired of bare dirt under your trees? CGL Landscaping installs Palmetto St. Augustine sod in Chandler, Ahwatukee, Gilbert and across the East Valley, prepped and matched to your light. Book a free on-site estimate or call (480) 219-0038.
Palmetto St. Augustine belongs in the parts of a Chandler yard that lose sun for part of the day. These are the spots where we install it most.
Many East Valley yards mix sun and shade, and it is common to run Bermuda in the open areas and Palmetto in the shaded ones. Each zone can then be watered for the grass that grows there.
Front yard grass that stays full as a young tree grows and casts more shade.
Brown, dead patches torn out and replaced with fresh sod suited to the light.
The strip beside a patio cover that only sees sun part of the day.
Narrow runs along the house that sit in shadow for hours.
Palmetto is kept taller than Bermuda, and a sharp blade keeps the broad leaves clean.
We can split the yard between Bermuda and Palmetto and set up the watering for each.
Before we price Palmetto, we look at how many hours of direct sun each area gets and how the shade moves across the yard through the day. Winter and summer sun angles differ, so we ask what the yard looks like in each season.
Areas in full shade all day may be better as a planting bed or rock. We would rather tell you that on the visit than lay grass that struggles.
St. Augustine spreads by above ground runners called stolons and is not grown from seed, so sod is the practical way to get a full Palmetto lawn. That makes the prep under the sod even more important.
Our Chandler crew uses the same five steps on every Palmetto lawn, from a small shaded courtyard in Tempe to a tree lined backyard in Gilbert. The watering plan you get at the end is built for St. Augustine, which wants more water than Bermuda.
Sun hours, shade, soil and sprinklers.
Failing grass and weeds taken out.
Soil worked loose and graded.
Pieces fitted snug, edges cut in.
Rolled and watered deep on day one.
Shade usually comes from trees, and an overgrown canopy can block more light than any lawn can handle. Thinning the canopy lets more sun reach the Palmetto below.
St. Augustine needs more water than Bermuda, so sprinkler coverage in shaded zones has to be right. We fix and adjust heads so the new lawn is not left with dry strips.
Palmetto sod pricing depends on your yard and the prep it needs. These four factors matter most to the final number.
Shaded yards often come with tree roots to work around and old grass that has thinned to dirt. Your quote spells out each item before anything is scheduled.
How many square feet of Palmetto to lay.
Clearing old grass and working around tree roots.
Loosening hard ground and fixing low spots.
Adjustments for even coverage in shade.
The Google reviews below come from homeowners in Chandler, Ahwatukee, Tempe and nearby East Valley cities.
CGL is a Chandler landscaping company owned and run by a local family. If a shaded lawn has been giving you trouble, call or use the form on this page and we will come out to look.
Chandler homeowners with shaded yards ask us these most often when they are deciding on Palmetto.
If your question is not covered here, bring it to the free on-site estimate. We will look at your actual light and soil before we answer.
It needs some direct sun each day and does best with a few hours of it plus filtered light. In deep, all day shade, even Palmetto will thin out.
No. It is not sold as seed, so it goes in as sod or plugs. Sod gives you a full lawn right away.
Yes, St. Augustine generally uses more water than Bermuda grass. Good sprinkler coverage and deep, less frequent watering once it is rooted help keep that in check.
It handles light to moderate foot traffic, but it does not recover from heavy wear as quickly as Bermuda. For a busy dog run in the sun, Midiron or Tifway 419 is usually the better pick.
Keep it taller than a Bermuda lawn. Cutting St. Augustine too short stresses it and opens the door to weeds.
Yes. Plenty of East Valley yards use Bermuda in the sunny areas and Palmetto in the shade. Keeping them on separate irrigation zones makes watering each one easier.
We install Palmetto St. Augustine in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Tempe, Ahwatukee, Queen Creek and San Tan Valley.
Older neighborhoods with mature trees in Mesa, Tempe and central Chandler are where shade problems show up most. Newer yards often get there too once patio covers and shade trees fill in.
Palmetto is the only St. Augustine among the four sod varieties we install most, and it fills a different role than the three Bermudas.
Tifway 419, Midiron and TifTuf all need full sun and handle rough play better. Palmetto gives up some of that toughness and uses more water in exchange for growing where the Bermudas cannot.
CGL Landscaping is a Chandler family company, and our own crew checks the light, preps the soil and lays your Palmetto sod.
Shade lawns take a little more thought than a sunny Bermuda, so it helps that the people who planned the job are the ones who do the work. You have one local number to call from the estimate onward.
Request a free on-site estimate. We will map the sun and shade, check your sprinklers and give you a written price for Palmetto St. Augustine sod.
Call CGL Landscaping or send the form to schedule a visit in Chandler, Ahwatukee, Gilbert or anywhere nearby in the East Valley.
