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Zoysia grasses stop erosion on slopes, and are excellent at repelling weeds throughout the year. [11] They resist disease and hold up well under traffic. [12] The cultivar Zoysia 'Emerald' (Emerald Zoysia), a hybrid between Z. japonica and Z. tenuifolia, [13] is particularly popular. Some types of zoysia are available commercially as sod in ...
Kenneth Henry Grange was born on 17 July 1929, in east London. [1] His mother, Hilda (née Long), was a machinist and his father, Harry, a policeman. [2] The family moved to Wembley, north London at the outbreak of the second world war, where his father was a bomb disposal officer.
Emerald Zoysia (Zoysia 'Emerald') is a cultivar of Zoysia grass with a thin bladed leaf that forms a very lush lawn. It shares the drought and shade resistance of the other varieties. This grass has a fine, soft texture and can be left unmown as it only grows to a height of 6–12 inches (15–30 cm).
Zoysia macrantha, the prickly couch, is a type of grass. It is a creeping perennial plant found near the coastal dunes and inland salt marsh habitats in South Eastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognized, Zoysia macrantha subsp. macrantha and Zoysia macrantha subsp. walshii. The specific epithet macrantha is derived from Greek, meaning ...
The leaves are alternate, produced at 1.5–3 cm intervals along the stem; they are slender, 2–10 cm long and 1–3 mm broad. The flowers are greenish, produced on erect racemes 6–35 mm long with a single 2–3.5 mm flower in each spikelet. Zoysia matrella line drawing. Two varieties are distinguished by some authors: Zoysia matrella var ...
Mike Ashley described Chetwynd-Hayes' story "The Gatecrasher", about the ghost of Jack the Ripper, as a "powerful tale". [2] Chris Morgan stated about Chetwynd-Hayes: "at his best he is a fine writer, capable of producing gripping and wonderfully atmospheric stories at all lengths".
At Abbey Grange, Lady Brackenstall tells Holmes that her marriage was not happy; Sir Eustace was a violent, abusive drunkard. She then tells that about 11 o'clock, in the dining room, she encountered an elderly man coming in the French window, followed by two younger men. The older man struck her in the face, knocking her out.
The Grange at High Force is a children's novel by Philip Turner, published by Oxford in 1965 with illustrations by William Papas. It was the second book published in the author's Darnley Mills series. [2] Turner won the annual Carnegie Medal, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. [3]