That’s why they call it ‘devil grass’

In “Greenskeeping 101” (May 6), Robert Smaus recommends Bermuda grass as one alternative in lawn planning. This advice might be ever so slightly irresponsible.

Bermuda grass is a scourge that should be driven off the face of the earth. Anyone who blithely plants the stuff should have to dig it up by hand three years later. The roots go in every direction for yards, and as little as one-quarter inch of rhizome left in the ground will resprout and spread again.

Serious gardeners vow that it is from the Devil and, indeed, it is called devil grass in some cultures.

At the apocalypse, only cockroaches and Bermuda grass will be left unscathed.

Elizabeth Cable Wise

Pasadena