Jonathan Green (10600) Black Beauty Dense Shade Grass Seed - Cool Season Lawn Seed (3 lb)

This stuff is great. I oversees every year, used then all. This stuff rocks. I just used this yo cover a huge part of my yard that was covered with 3.5 cubic yards of dirt. This was a total new seeding. It looks great. Came in full,thick, dark green. Worth every oenny

Spread and raked in early fall in the areas under several trees where other grass has trouble growing. Sprouted after about a week and with moderate water has greened up nicely. So far it's looking good and growing, first cut 6 weeks after planting.

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!

Great product. Exactly as advertised and fast shipping. Highly recommended

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

This worked very well for me, with daily watering it germinated in about 2 weeks in a heavily shaded back lawn when it was an average of 85f outside and not much rain with straw covering (I'm East Coast). I was having issues finding the exact seed mixture of this so here is a photo from the back of the bag with their percentages. For me I wanted to know how much fine fescue was in this mix which I think is listed as Carson Chewings Fescue (I'm not a landscape expert).

This grass seed is great, and the only brand I’ll buy from now on. It was spread heavily on fresh soil September 2024, lightly racked in, and lightly watered twice a day for 10 days while germinated. It’s been over 6 months and is thick and healthy. The roots are still young and relatively shallow, so it would need lots of watering this summer. I’m a homeowner DYI’er and my two pics show before seeding and after six months of growth and many mows. It may appear to cost more than heavily marketed brands, but it’s all seed - no thick coating or fillers to help fill the bag.

Very fast germination of the perennial ryegrass, the fescue less robust. Hopefully will come back strong in the spring. Planted in a shady area.

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

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

I’ve tried a lot of grass seed meant for shade and this is the first time I had a beautiful lawn in my heavy shaded area of my yard. Standard grow time, came in even and no issues with durability (even with a kid and dog). Definitely worth the money! I will be purchasing again.

Very fast germination & coverage however does not survive the UAE summer 😑