Kentucky Blue Grass Fescue mix,or Fescue

Tall Turf Fescue/KBG blend or just Fescue

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If your not used to or familiar with tall turf fescue by itself .Kentucky blue grass blend ,or just  a fine fescue then youve come to the right place.

     Fine fescue - will be chewings fescue,creeping red fescue,and hard fescue .Of course there are more fine fescues. Sometimes you will find these in a mix at your local store. Fine fescue is great in shade,under trees even pine trees,and great in  sandy and acidic soils. Fine fescue also does not have to be fertilized as much or irrigated as much as Tall Turf Fescue or kbg. Fine Fescue looks great as you see in my lawn above under the pine trees in the shade.

     Fine fescue does has its drawbacks it needs to be reseeded yearly to fill in and get that lush look you saw of my yard. Fine fescue also is not that great with a lot of traffic. Also in full Sun it does not do well. So try not to sow any fine fescue in full sun. I only use it in shady areas and you should too.

    Tall Turf Fescue-has a nice dark green color and is fine to medium textured more coarse opposed to fine fescue as you know fine fescue is fine textured.

    Tall Fescue looks great  and does great in full sun. Tall Turf fescue also needs less irrigation as the newer varieties have deeper roots able to handle drought much better .

   Kentucky Blue Grass-tall turf blend

 I should not have to say much about kentucky blue grass as it is one of Americas favorites . It creates a dense thick carpet of grass because of its rhizomes and  as a result you get a nice coarse texture which create a beautiful lawn.  The beauty of it is you dont have to reseed every year like with fine fescue.

I would not recommend you to plant kentucky blue grass by itself unless you  just bought some land and were starting from scratch .As any grass seed variety  by itself will have some drawbacks either not doing well in drought in winter or irrigation levels.

As you can see i am a sucker for bluegrass. It reminds me of when i was a kid and played soccer all of the fields had kentucky bluegrass and its the kind of grass you can walk on barefoot and feel great doing it with its lush dark green thick lawn.

So i did not have the money to just put down midnight kentucky blue grass as its too expensive. I went with a blend of bluegrass and tall turf fescue this way you get the best of both worlds.

So to recap if you need something for shade only get fine fescue,if you need something for full sun get Tall Turf fescue if you want a nicer more manicured look go with Tall Turf Fescue with a  kbg blend. If your looking for a place where you can buy this type grass seed you can get it here.