MATILDA BUFFALO

Matilda Buffalo Turf Sydney

Matilda is the buffalo to choose when shade is the problem. It is rated to handle up to 70 per cent shade, more than any other buffalo we stock, and it holds a deep green colour right through the year. If your lawn sits under mature trees, along a fence line, or in the shadow of a two storey home, Matilda will hold on where other varieties thin out and go patchy.

Cut fresh to order and delivered daily across the Northern Beaches, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, The Hills and out to Ryde. You can also collect from our Belrose yard seven days a week.

Why Matilda handles shade better than other buffalo turf

Most buffalo varieties are rated to around 50 per cent shade. Matilda is rated to 70 per cent. It manages this with a finer, smoother leaf and a tighter growth habit, so the runners stay compact instead of stretching for light. Stretching is what causes the thin, stringy, bare patched look you get when the wrong turf is laid in a shaded yard.

In Sydney this comes up constantly. Blocks around Killara, Pymble, Wahroonga, Frenchs Forest, Bayview and Seaforth often have mature gums or neighbouring buildings throwing shade across half the yard for most of the day. Matilda is the variety our team recommends most often for those sites, and it is the one landscapers come back for when a previous lawn has failed in low light.

Is Matilda the right turf for your lawn?

Choose Matilda if:

• Your lawn gets less than four hours of direct sun a day

• You have mature trees, tall fencing or a neighbouring building casting shade

• You want a soft leaf lawn that kids and dogs can use

• You want colour held through winter without overseeding

• You are patching or extending an existing ST91 lawn

Look at something else if:

• Your yard is in full sun all day. Sir Walter or TifTuf Couch will give you better drought performance

• You need the toughest possible wear surface for a high traffic commercial area. Kikuyu or a couch variety will recover faster

• You want the finest ornamental leaf. Sir Grange Zoysia is the premium option

Not sure? Call our Belrose team on (02) 9450 2215. Thirty years of supplying Sydney lawns means we can usually match the right variety to your block from a two minute conversation about sun, soil and how the lawn gets used.

What to lay under your Matilda turf

Turf is only ever as good as what sits beneath it. Shaded lawns in particular need good drainage and an even bed, because a shaded lawn dries out more slowly and will hold water against the roots if the base is uneven.

• Premium Turf Underlay is the mix we recommend for Matilda. It gives new turf the best chance to root quickly in lower light conditions.

• 80/20 Turf Underlay is the budget option, 80 per cent sand and 20 per cent organic soil, and it works well for most straightforward lawns.

• Spread underlay to a depth of 50mm, level it, and lay turf the same day it is delivered.

• Add a turf starter fertiliser at laying to push root establishment.

Use our Quantity Estimator to work out how much underlay and turf you need, or send us your measurements and we will work it out for you.

Turf delivery across Sydney and pickup from Belrose

Matilda is harvested to order, so it arrives fresh and ready to lay rather than sitting on a pallet losing condition. We deliver seven days a week across the Northern Beaches, North Shore, Eastern Suburbs, Inner West, The Hills District and out to Ryde, with same day and next day delivery available on most orders.

Prefer to collect? Our yard at 190 Forest Way, Belrose is open Monday to Saturday 7am to 5pm and Sunday 8am to 3pm. Pick up your turf alongside underlay, sand, mulch or any other supplies in the one trip.

Trade orders and bulk turf supply

We supply landscapers, builders and developers across Sydney every day. Trade customers get bulk pricing on pallet quantities, early delivery windows to suit job starts, crane truck delivery where access is tight, and a direct line to the yard rather than an order form.

Open a trade account or call (02) 9450 2215 to talk through a project. If you are running multiple sites, we can stage deliveries across the week so you are not storing turf on site.