Tall Fescue Shady Mix

Are you looking for a low maintenance, dark green, dense lawn with exceptional heat and drought tolerance that will grow in a variety of climates and soils?  Add in wear tolerance and disease resistance with the best Turf-Type Tall Fescue varieties available and you get New Millennia.  It is the most versatile of cool season grasses and will grow in full sun to light shade. When it comes to choosing a seed variety or mixture there are literally thousands of choices available either through stores or on the internet and as a result, making a decision can be confusing, difficult, and frustrating.  As such, we have tried to make the choice easier by elevating the products we offer to a higher standard by developing a “Platinum” lineup of turfgrass varieties and mixtures.  The Platinum designation must meet specific standards as they apply to both turf quality and seed quality.  By applying these quality standards it limits the products that can be designated as platinum, but as a result it makes the selection process much easier.  To learn more about platinum standards click here.

With a uniform fine texture and outstanding dark green color, Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrasses exhibit excellent turf quality with little thatch buildup.  They establish quickly and with favorable conditions can germinate in as little as 3-5 days. There are well over 200 varieties of Turf-Type Perennial Ryegrasses with various traits and characteristics.  The varieties chosen for this blend have been tested, highly rated, and exhibit exceptional overall turf quality with disease and drought resistance.  It meets our platinum standards of superiority for variety quality and seed purity. To learn more about platinum standards click here.

Bluegrass varieties are unique in that they exhibit a wide range of genetic diversity.  Such diversity is an advantage for disease and insect resistance and improved turf quality when bluegrasses are used in a blend such as Royal Blue Platinum.  There are well over 100 varieties of Kentucky Bluegrasses with various traits and characteristics.  The varieties chosen for this blend have been tested, highly rated, exhibit exceptional overall turf quality,  and disease and drought resistance when compared to other bluegrasses.  It meets our platinum standards of superiority for variety quality and seed purity.  Learn More.