Q.: I read your article in mid-May about growing grass in the shade and was confused by your comment that "Kentucky bluegrass (which is the only major type we grow that does well in shade...)" I have ...

Choose shade-tolerant grasses like fescue (cool zones) and zoysia or St. Augustine (warm zones). Ornamental options like Japanese forest grass, liriope, and blue fescue add interest to shady spots.

Plant this type of grass and you won’t have to worry about patchy spots under your trees. Let’s face it, grass just grows better when it receives plenty of sun during the day. Sunlight helps it grow ...

Roberta Cruger is a journalist whose work has appeared in Smithsonian, Robb Report, the Los Angeles Times magazine, National Geographic Traveler, and more. Zoysia grass is a slow-growing, warm-weather ...

A truly versatile perennial grass, blue fescue (Festuca glauca) has an eye-catching blue hue that lasts all year. With its clump-forming habit, blue fescue forms uniform balls of foliage topped with ...

SALISBURY — Fall is the best time of the year to seed cool season fescue lawns. This narrow window of opportunity during the fall promotes optimum root growth and development in fescue lawns. Soil ...