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For example, slender creeping red fescue is light to medium green while sheep fescue is powdery blue-green. This type of grass needs little fertilizer and does not need to be mowed frequently.

Zoysia grass shares some characteristics with St. Augustine grass. It’s slow growing, prefers full sun, and produces stiff, ...

Red fescue (Festuca rubra) is a popular cool-season grass for lawns across the United States, but especially for shadier lawns or cooler climates. This species is quick to establish and can form a ...

Forage type fescue are more of a bunch type grass, but when seeded at higher rates (10 pounds per 1,000 square feet) they can provide excellent coverage when mowed at 4 inches.

I was told the seed mixture included Kentucky bluegrass, creeping red fescue and annual ryegrass. ... As a result, North Florida is a great area to market a too-good-to-be-true lawn grass.

The new lawn rate for bluegrass is 3 to 4 pounds per 1,000 square feet, making the overseeding rate around 2 pounds. Fescue should germinate in about 10 days, while bluegrass may take up to two weeks.

Fine fescues (festuca spp.) are another group of cool season turfgrasses that include creeping red fescues, chewings fescue and hard fescue. The fine fescues are compatible in mixtures with other ...