re: Complete Backyard Makeover - Zoysia or St. Augustine

. I agree that zoysia can be nice but it requires a lot of work. If you use a granular fungicide in the spring and fall with St Aug with proper feet, insecticide etc you will be good. You may need to spray a liquid fungicide after a lot of rainfall/tropical event but still lower maintenance than zoysia. Zoysia and Bermuda love to creep into your landscape beds so keep that in mind too.