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Landscape Hints :: Articles The Best Seed Mixes For an Attractive, Healthy Lawn The primary consideration when choosing the correct seed mix for your lawn, is the amount of sun exposure and shade your lawn gets. Typically commercial lawn blends are adapted to full sun or medium shade. A special blend should be used in areas that receive less than 3 or 4 hours of sun-light a day or where soils are dry and poor. Seed Mixes for Lawn Grass Mixture for General-Purpose Lawn For soils of average-to-good fertility and sunny exposure Kentucky Bluegrass 50% Roughstalk Meadow Grass 15% Rhode Island Bent 10% True Creeping Red Fescue or Chewings Fescue 10% Welsh Pasture Timothy No. S 50 10% Kent Wild White Clover (optional) 5% Mixture for General-Purpose Lawn Kentucky Bluegrass 50% Redtop (recleaned) 25% German Mixed Bent 10% Rye Grass 10% White Clover (Optional) 5% Mixture for Shady Areas Chewings Fescue 40% Poa Trivalis 20% Redtop 10% Kentucky Bluegrass 10% Meadow Fescue 10% Colonial Bent Grass 5% Velvet Bent Grass 5% In general, heavy grass seed is most free from unwanted chaff and is the most economical choice in the long run, while cheaper, lighter seed germinates less rapidly. |
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