Grass Seed John Deere Landscapes Shady Select Mix ('15)

Providing detailed product information for different grass seed products available locally with the hope of making it easier for homeowners to pick a product that best suits their lawn & landscape.

( /k = for every 1000 square feet of grass area - approximately 30 feet by 33 feet)

Seed Rate - new lawn = 8lb/k          over seed = 4lb/k

 Germination - 10-30 days

Approximate price/k to overseed  =   $7.52

 Approximate price/lb of actual seed  =  $1.88

 Content               Variety                Germination

34.47%       Lacrosse chewings fescue         85%

34.45%       Boreal creeping red fescue       85%

19.85%          (unk) hard  fescue                   85%

9.96%  Shamrock kentucky bluegrass          85%




Lacrosse  - dark green color, very shade tolerant, mixes with other varieties well, low growing

Boreal - dense, heat & drought tolerant, slower growing, light shade ok

 Shamrock -  spreads aggressively, dense turf, dark green, early spring color