what kind of grass grows in the shade and also spreads or crawls?

Answer 1

I don't know which part of the country you're in, but a mix of Kentucky bluegrass and red fescue works very well in the Midwest. Whatever you do, stay away from Rye. They'll try selling it to you, but it always ends up looking (and acting) like crabgrass 4 months later.

Answer 2

I live in Arkansas and have a very shaded yard and the only grass I have had success growing is St Augustine. It seems to be more shade tolerant and it does run but requires quite a bit of water. When it is dry the blades will fold up and it makes it look like a completely different grass. Check out the following site:
http://www.walterreeves.com/lawns/article.phtml?cat=31&id=56

Answer 3

You didn't say where you are........if you can grow warm season grasses, St. Augustine, especially some of the newer cultivars suh as DeltaShade will work.

Zoysia is another thought, PristineFlora.

If you are a cool season grass climate.......good luck on finding a spreading cool season grass for shade. Maybe a mix of perennial ryegrass and Poa trivialis might work. You'd still have to lighten the canopy over the grass by thinning the overhead trees.

Answer 4

None....but the shady grass seed will work a little better, but the trees block the light, and suck up the water that grass would normally use. I have two apple trees, and i thinned out the branches on the top, and it helped the grass, but as the branches grow back, i will have to trim them

Answer 5

Blue Grass.

We have large oak trees on our property in florida and our lawn maintenance guy said we should put plugs of Blue Grass in the shady areas because our St. Augustine grass is thinning out.

Answer 6

Grass doesn't like shade. Why not encourage moss in your shady areas?

Answer 7

creeping grass

Answer 8

crab grass