Jonathan Green (10610) Black Beauty Dense Shade Grass Seed - Cool Season Lawn Seed (25 lb)

Takes awhile to germinate but does grow and looks great in heavily shaded areas.

Great seed,germinated quickly, watered 2 times a day,really impressed,would recommend.

Beautiful grass! It took a while to germinate the first time—probably because I didn’t do much soil prep, just spread the seeds on top, and the weather was cold for a couple of weeks. Once the temperature warmed up, it started growing much faster. On my second try, I tested a smaller patch and did a few things differently: I lightly covered the seeds with a thin layer of soil and watered twice a day. The instructions suggested watering up to four times daily, but I didn’t have time for that—twice a day still worked really well. It sprouted within a week and looked great. Definitely recommend, especially if you can give it consistent care!

I have had good results with this brand of grass seed in an area with larger mature trees that gets no direct sunlight. Great product and worth the few extra bucks you pay for it over lesser brands.

The bag I bought has the following seeds: 20% Montana Tall Fescue 20% Taos Tall Fescue 20% Frontier Perennial Rye grass 15% Hood Chewings Fescue 15% Eugene Creeping Red Fescue 10% DeepBlue Kentucky Bluegrass This is way too much Tall Fescue for my taste. I mixed these seeds with another bag of a blended pure Fine Fescue. I only bought 1 pound of this mix. As such I will not be able to tell if this particular seed will do well. I can say it germinates fast, but considering the blend, I find it extremely expensive for about 5 oz of Fine Fescue seed. Of course these percentages are by weight, not seeds, but even so it is recommend that you use 100% Fine Fescue (or Rough Bluegrass) for deep shade, and 4 pounds of that per 1000 sq feet. 4 oz is not really going to cut it, then add for some strange reason they included Bluegrass, which has a worst shade tolerance than Tall Fescue. All in all, I gave it three stars, as I will not be able to tell if it it is working, like my previous tall fescue, it should look great until summer rolls around again, and the shade kills it, and it has great reviews. But saying that I recommend you get another brand that actually contains more fine fescue (deep shade) seed

I have used many different types of grass seed but this has to be the best for dense shade lawns. It took a little longer than other seed I've used but totally worth the wait.

The grass seed grows fast and thick in shaded areas. There were a couple bare spots which I reseeded. I am extremely happy with the results and have purchased more seed.

No germination after 3 weeks! Tried another shade seed brand and it sprouted in 7 days and filled in nicely by the 3rd week. Wouldn't buy this brand again.

Very happy with the product. Germinates in 3 to 4 days,

So far no grass but maybe too cold? Will try again in the spring

grow very well in a patch with shades, which Scott Shade didn't deliver at all!

this grass seed was for areas of my lawn which on both sides have trees which are dark areas. i have just looked at the growth today and there is hardly any grass there. all in all this was purchased to give growth in my dark areas and it did not do that. it was quite expensive as well .

shadey side of house with trees covering would not grow grass until this stuff! great product, came up quickly and has grown nicely!