Always loved a zoysia lawn. We had one growing up. Like living on outdoor plush carpet. When sod and grass trials were logged and completed, dad brought home some plugs to start in the yard. every spring he would re-plug around the yard from what filled in the year before. In about 5 years we had the best lawn in the area. We did not have a thatch free variety though. If we did not run a de-thatcher through it before it greened up, you could not get the mower through it by July. I would love to have a yard covered with the El Toro variety though. It's a no thatch variety.