Zoysia in sunny but damp areas

I live in SE Pennsylvania. We have a area that is almost always damp and appears to drain more slowly than the rest of the lawn, may be a low spot. We have zoysia grass spreading on all of the lawn but here. Will zoysia do well in damp or slow draining areas?

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#1 Comment By Alisma On 03/30/2017 @ 11:09 am

Zoyzia grass actually doesn’t like wet conditions, so that may be the problem. So, you could either try to correct the wet conditions/poor drainage, or plant a garden of moisture-loving plants in that spot. These articles will give you some ideas:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/water-plants/wgen/water-tolerant-plants.htm ^[1]
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/yard-drainage-problems.htm ^[2]
https://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fact-sheets/trees-shrubs/trees-shrubs-and-groundcovers-tolerant-of-wet-sites ^[3]
http://goodlifegarden.ucdavis.edu/blog/2011/08/how-to-improve-your-soil-drainage/ ^[4]
http://extension.illinois.edu/lawntalk/planting/lawn_repair_and_renovation.cfm ^[5]

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[1] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/water-plants/wgen/water-tolerant-plants.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/water-plants/wgen/water-tolerant-plants.htm

[2] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/yard-drainage-problems.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/soil-fertilizers/yard-drainage-problems.htm

[3] https://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fact-sheets/trees-shrubs/trees-shrubs-and-groundcovers-tolerant-of-wet-sites: https://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fact-sheets/trees-shrubs/trees-shrubs-and-groundcovers-tolerant-of-wet-sites

[4] http://goodlifegarden.ucdavis.edu/blog/2011/08/how-to-improve-your-soil-drainage/: http://goodlifegarden.ucdavis.edu/blog/2011/08/how-to-improve-your-soil-drainage/

[5] http://extension.illinois.edu/lawntalk/planting/lawn_repair_and_renovation.cfm: http://extension.illinois.edu/lawntalk/planting/lawn_repair_and_renovation.cfm

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