I can help you out here. First allow me to clear up a term and misconception you used.

Hybrid Bermuda grass is vegetative propagated only meaning from sod, sprigs, or plugs only. The seed produced by hybrids are sterile. The blends you refer to or any Bermuda grass seed you buy is common Bermuda. Within common there is improved seeded varieties, but they are still common seeded Bermuda grass

Second thing you said was an oxymoron:
I am wanting a dark green very plush soft lawn with few runners.
All Bermuda grass has runners (stolons above ground) that is a trait inherent to all Bermuda grasses and they are pretty equal across the board.

OK now with that said unless you live in extreme southern Oklahoma I suggest you not use either Triangle or La Prima blends for two reasons:

They both have very poor cold tolerance to frost damage and winter kill
Neither blend has the real dark green or soft feel you are looking for. They are both coarse leaf textured.

A better option regardless of which part of the state you live in is Riviera or Yukon. Better yet if you can get both buy them and blend them yourself. Both have excellent cold weather tolerance, finer texture, and the darker color you are looking for.
The down side is they require slightly more frequent mowing and fertilizing than the two other blends you have in mind.

Good Luck

TW

I really appreciate your advice, I am very new to this. I want Yukon but it is not avail and also both Rivera and Yukon are out of my price range. I am prepared to spend about 300 per 50lb. Is there anything else you could recommend?

What part of OK are you in, or more like what citie are you near?

I live in Yukon, west of Oklahoma city.

Ironic huh? You live in Yukon where the grass was developed and named after. Try this call you local OSU extension office and ask them where Yukon can be purchased locally. They should have a clue because OSU developed it and Riviera. Or try TLC in OKC and see if they have any or know where.

A couple of other types are
SWI 1046
Tift # 1
Tift # 2

Shop around and see if you can find a local outfit that carries either Yukon or Riviera at a price you can afford. It is well worth the time if you can.

I am told Yukon is sold completely out. Isnt Tift #1 & 2 sod? I need seed.

No Tift # 1 & 2 is a common seed variety. I think you are confusing it with Tiway-I (aka 419) and improved Tifway-II.

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I would spend the extra money and go with either Riviera or Yukon, as suggested by Texas-Weed. I live pretty far north in the transition zone, with cold snowy winters and the Riviera comes back earlier and healthier each spring. It has the dark green color you are looking for, but like all Bermuda, has prolific stolons. It can also be cut very low if that is your proclivity. Here is a photo of it.
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Reelfanatic, nice lawn. Where abouts are you located?

Thank you Texas. I am in Montgomery County Md. Just outside of D.C. I truly believe with the exception of a couple of golf courses, (one of which I work at) I am the only homeowner in the entire state with Bermuda. No one has seen it before unless they have relocated from the south. My reel mowers bring quite the puzzled looks in the neighborhood as well. If the front yard wasn't so shady I'd have it there too. I have Rye in the front that I also cut with a reel, but I spend literally hundreds of dollars a year keeping that stuff looking good in the summers. I will sing the praises of Hybrid and dwarf Bermudas to all that will listen. Not much irrigation, no insects, no fungus, no disease. Can be cut super-low. All positives in my opinion. I've been reading the forum and it seems you are the resident Bermuda expert. I'm sure we'll get along just fine, and I may even throw some questions your way.
Mike

Mike, I am impressed or you are full of chit, Maryland and a Bermuda lawn that nice. Great job dude! Auteck must be green with envy.

Need a job in TX?. Look me up. I have a sod farm and landscape biz in need of a manager. :-)

FWIW that brown patch in the bupper right corner of the pic; Rake/dig it up with a garden rake, fill the void with a equal mix by volume of peat and sand (not peat moss, real peat) before it gets cold like right now.

Thanks Texas, the compliment really means alot. I will take credit for my front lawn Rye, because I put almost constant work into it, but that Bermuda...... All the credit goes to Riviera. The only thing I do is cut daily, topdress, and blast it every two weeks with 46-0-0. I was expecting some spring brown patches or green-up problems due to the heavy N usage, but this seed is truly incredible. A sod farm sounds like a dream job. I'll be there next week. Have the fairway mower ready for me!

Very nice lawn.

You married with kids?

Married........ No kids. I think I know what reply is coming.

Sorry to go off topic.
ReelFanatic,
I'm in north of you in Hagerstown. While doing my lawn work over the holiday weekend, I noticed these runners in my 2 year old sod(new construction)I'm sure it's Bermuda. What puzzles me is why the builder would lay this type of sod in north central MD. It's a mixture I'm sure. I was wondering if you folks here cold tell me what type of grass I have if I post a pic? Maybe ID the runners if I pull a few?
I last year, always cut hi 3.5-4" to help aid in weed control. This year I dropped the mower to maybe 2.5-3" and it looks even better.
I guess if I do in fact have Bermuda, I will stop with my Meyer Zoysia plans. Won't the Bermuda over run the Zoysia? I'm fairly new at this and hope my questions make sense.

Thanks,
KB

My appologies to the OP. I should have started my own thread.

KB