For cool season grass ryegrass and fine and tall fescues offer the most shade tolerance.
Grass that tolerates shade.
Size up your shade.
Varieties of shade tolerant grass.
It grows in usda zones 5 through 10.
A rule of thumb from the lawn pros at scotts states that even the most shade tolerant grasses need a minimum of three to four hours of direct sun or four to six hours of partial or dappled sun the sort that comes through the leaves of trees daily.
The best shade tolerant grass to choose from include st.
The following is a list of shade tolerant grass.
Some shade tolerant grass types grow as long as light hits that four hour quota and that light doesn t have to be full sun.
Shade grass refers to any type of grass or combination of grass varieties that are shade tolerant.
Velvet bentgrass velvet bentgrass also a cool season grass with an excellent record.
Instead of planting just one species you could also choose to mix grass seed to get a sun and shade balance.
With its dense thick sod zoysia grass zoysia spp forms a finer more attractive lawn than st.
Shade can also refer to dappled shade light penetrating shady tree branches and light or heavy shade under varying tree canopies.
Red creeping fescue red creeping fescue is a cool season grass that has an excellent record as a fairly deep shade grass.
Four to six hours of dappled or filtered sunlight can fuel the growth of a healthy lawn.
Augustine grass but it is less shade tolerant.
Augustine grass and zoysia warm season grass.
Shade can range from partial shade some sun during the day to full shade shady most of the day.