Empire Zoysia is a newer zoysia turf grass that we have just started to use in the past three years. We were leery about it because it’s a newer turf grass. Empire Zoysia has excellent drought tolerance and has won awards for its resistance to spring dead spot. We’ve been installing Empire all over the Triangle area. Sean, has been very happy with his lawn. Here are some pictures of his lawn. We installed the Empire Zoysia in late September 2014 and it looks better than ever!