Introducing Stampede Hybrid Buffalo! (Coming 2026)
After six years of rigorous testing in both Australia and the United States, a new buffalo grass is set to hit the Aussie market.
This next-generation buffalo grass has been carefully developed to offer superior performance in a range of conditions.
0.75 square metre (m²) = 1 tile (1230mm x 610mm each) NB. Genuine Sir Walter DNA Certified Buffalo comes with a Certificate of Authenticity and is covered by a 10 year product warranty as part of Lawn Solutions Australia. Conditions apply.
Stampede Hybrid Buffalo is an interploid hybrid St. Augustinegrass (buffalograss; Stenotaphrum secundatum (Walt.) Kuntze). It was developed using embryo rescue technology through controlled pairwise crossing between a polyploid buffalograss (chromosome number: 2n = 2x = 30) and a diploid buffalograss (chromosome number: 2n = 2x = 18).
During trials, while cultivar performance varied across different sites, one consistently outperformed the rest, excelling in all key areas. Stampede Hybrid Buffalo Grass proved to be the best-performing cultivar during winter in some very cold and harsh environments, which is a crucial factor for many turf producers. Remarkably, Stampede remained unaffected by disease during the humid summer, whereas most other buffalo cultivars were impacted. Additionally, it boasted an impressive appearance and excellent harvest quality.
The next step in releasing this new grass to the market has involved stock expansion. When a new variety enters Australia through quarantine, we receive only a few runners of plant material to expand from for testing.
This year, LSA has set up propagation facilities for planting stock to be available to LSA foundation farms to expand and make the grass available for each member for planting. All the grass material supplied to LSA Members throughout this process has been expanded from these few pieces of trial stock that came through quarantine in 2022.
