If you wish to have any other plants growing in your yard in addition to the bermuda turf, you will need to have raised beds in stone. Even then, the bermuda may be right there, choking the plants out, or at the very least, looking unkempt. Bermuda is the most invasive turf I know of. It is highly frustrating to me, living in a place that has bermuda after living with the ease of St. Augustine for 37 years. I am in constant battle with this beast, pulling it out from between my iris, daylillies, lavender, rosemary, and even mint! Just to let you know...