St. Augustine will spread it’s runners wide and begin spreading into the Centipede but if the Centipede grass is healthy, it’ll grow into the St. Augustine grass just as aggressively.

What grass will overtake St Augustine?

Bermuda is a more aggressive grass than St. Augustine in most climates. Bermuda is used more often for outdoor sports fields. Bermuda is not shade-tolerant and needs to be mowed very short.

Will centipede grass choke out other grasses?

Characteristics of Centipede Grass Centipede grass likes acidic soil that many other kinds of grass would not be able to tolerate. … Centipede grass spreads by stolons. This means that it spreads on the surface and not through its root system. This results in slow-growing, slow-spreading lawn.