Centipede warm season grass can make do with about six hours of partial sun daily.
What grass grows best in shade in georgia.
Beneath the shade of a dogwood or an oak both fail miserably.
Perhaps the most popular grass in the mountain and upper piedmont areas of georgia is tall fescue.
This is a perennial bunch type grass that grows rapidly and requires frequent mowing in the spring and fall.
Of course no grass grows well in shade or dense shade.
In north and middle georgia tall fescue is the best grass for partially shaded lawns.
Augustine warm season especially such cultivars as sapphire bitter blue palmetto and seville can do well with as little as four hours of direct sun daily.
Cool season grass types for low light conditions would be ryegrass tall fescue and fine fescue.
Instead of planting just one species you could also choose to mix grass seed to get a sun and shade balance.
One of the best grasses for shady conditions zoysia grass grows throughout northeast georgia.
The best shade tolerant grass to choose from include st.
Augustine is also resilient in partial shade.
As far as grass types for shade st.
The 3 best choices of shade tolerant grass are zoysia st.
Centipedegrass centipedegrass is best used in the southern part of atlanta.
Augustine is a good warm season variety.
The best fescue blends are still the heaviest maintenance lawns for our area.
Shade tolerant grass varieties are available but remember the key word is tolerant no grass is likely to grow well for long in deep shade.
They require re seeding 1 2 times per year and they need loose well drained soil sandy organic top soil works best.
Choose right grass under high pine tree shade bermudagrass and zoysiagrass can grow successfully.
Red fescue or chewings fescue are good cool season types.
Use turfgrasses adapted to your area of georgia.
Best shade tolerant grass.
Sun shade seed blends are also available.
The following six grasses are most likely to flourish in shade.
Zoysia spreads well and helps to eliminate weeds from your yard.
When it s healthy centipedegrass is great at fighting off weeds and other grass types.
For a lawn in south georgia or along the coast st.
Zoysia grass is a warm season grass popular in areas with light shade.
Tall fescue needs more water than the warm season grasses to stay green during the summer.
The best grass for shade depends on location.
Augustine grass and zoysia warm season grass.
Fine and tall fescue are adapted to north georgia.