KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS

General Characteristics

Establishment (Days)14-21
ColorMedium to Dark Green
TextureFine to Medium
Growth HabitDense, Spreads through Rhizomes
Sunlight RequirementsFull Sun

Seeding Information

New Seeding Rate (lbs/1,000 sq ft)2-4
Overseeding Rate (lbs/1,000 sq ft)1-1.5

Strengths

  • Wear tolerant with ability to recover from heavy traffic
  • Luxurious, dense, and rich green color
  • Disease resistant and cold tolerant

365ss

Blend

365ss is extremely fast to germinate and establish creating a dense sward that offers superior sod strength. Its dark green color and excellent turf quality provide a beautiful field that looks good year-round. Developed to hold up to extreme wear and traffic, and quick recovery allows for more use.

Acoustic

A top performer in the NTEP overall mean quality, along with top ratings on summer density and dark green genetic color. Truely this variety stands on its own and comes through loud and clear!

Blue Note

Elite, compact America-type that is #1 in the NTEP. Broad-spectrum disease and insect resistance, drought tolerance and excellent winter color. High sod strength. Increased shade tolerance.

Bolt

Improved Washington/Jefferson type. Ranked first in seedling vigor and % establishment, it allows this variety to crowd out weeds, suppress poa and form a dense sward.

Fahrenheit 90

A Poa species that exhibits improved drought and heat tolerance as well as better disease resistance in more humid environments. Good color and texture, make this a solid performer.

Journey

This Eurasian selection is a great fit for multiple applications. Journey exhibits aggressive growth, medium-dark green color, and scored very well in low maintenance drought trials.

Legend

Aggressive Midnight-type, dark green. Ideal for use in both high and low maintenance applications. Very fine leaf texture and aggressive. Ideal for any application you need.

Navy

An early maturing KBG that exhibits excellent spring green-up and improved disease resistance. Medium-dark color which blends well with a wide range of cool season mixes.

Shadow Hawk

A versatile performing Shamrock type Kentucky Bluegrass. Shadow Hawk highlights quick spring green-up, shade tolerance, density, and traffic stress, and is adapted for multiple climates.
Learn More About Special Identifiers

A-LIST

Designates a variety that has been approved by the Alliance for Low Input Sustainable Turf (A-LIST). These varieties have been independently tested and show the ability to maintain excellent turf quality under the harshest conditions, requiring less water, fertilizer, and chemicals to do so.