The Maryland-Virginia Turfgrass Variety Recommendation Work Group meets each Spring to consider the previous year’s data from Virginia and Maryland National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) and ancillary trials and to formulate these recommendations. Virginia and Maryland variety recommendations are essentially identical except for specialized grasses and research situations that differ due to adaptation and state regulation.

The annual Virginia Turfgrass Variety Recommendation List details the best performing turfgrass varieties as determined over time by replicated field trials conducted by turfgrass scientists at Virginia Tech and the University of Maryland.

The turfgrass variety recommendation list provides the end user the most current varieties of named turfgrasses that have met all Virginia Crop Improvement Association requirements for turfgrass quality and have provided the best performance in field variety trials in Blacksburg, Virginia Beach, and College Park, MD. Commercially available varieties that have performed in the top statistical categories of field trials for a minimum of two years are designated as 'promising' and varieties that perform in the top statistical categories for 3 or more years receive the designation of 'recommended'.