Fine Fescue Grass Seed
Fine Fescue is a cool-season grass ideal for golf course roughs in northern climates. Fine Fescues include Creeping Red Fescues, Sheep Fescue, Chewings Fescue and Hard Fescue. Although Fine Fescues are able to grow in partial shade and withstand periodic droughts, these fine-leaf type grasses are weakened in very hot temperatures and may require additional watering to survive through extreme highs that last longer than one week.
Fine Fescues can be mowed down to a half inch or may go completely unmown. They require low to moderate fertilization and water, except in high-temperature situations described above.
Seeds/Pound (approximate): 450,000
Seeding Rate (pounds/1,000 sq. ft): 2-2.5 (Overseeding), 4-5 (New Seeding)
Marvel Creeping Red Fescue
Marvel Creeping Red Fescue, Festuca rubra var. rubra, is our latest release. Marvel is adapted for use in high quality sun and shade mixes and low input mixtures. It is an elite variety with fine texture and rhizomatous spreading habit, better color, persistence, wear tolerance, and improved density. Marvel exhibits excellent performance when included at 15-35% of the mixture by weight in general cool-season mixes.
Seeds/Pound (approximate): 365,000
Seeding Rate (pounds/1,000 sq. ft): 3-4 (Overseeding), 5-6 (New Seeding)
Minimus Hard Fescue
Minimus Hard Fescue, Festuca brevipila, offers several options on the golf course and in general, natural low maintenance turf areas with A-LIST quality. It thrives in low maintenance management and is ideal for meadows, parks and secondary roughs, as well as in areas where turf transitions to natural areas or into shade.
Seeds/Pound (approximate): 565,000
Seeding Rate (pounds/1,000 sq. ft): 1-3 (Overseeding), 0.5-4 (New Seeding)
Sword Hard Fescue
Sword Hard Fescue, Festuca brevipila, has many low input applications on golf courses, roadsides, parks and lawns. It thrives in low input management programs where little or no nitrogen is applied and mowing and irrigation is limited or restricted. National trials in multiple locations show Sword exceling under nitrogen rates of 0-1 lbs/1000 sq. ft./year (higher rates result in declining performance).
Seeds/Pound (approximate): 565,000
Seeding Rate (pounds/1,000 sq. ft): 1-3 (Overseeding), 2-4 (New Seeding)
Download SheetWoodall Chewings Fescue
Woodall Chewings Fescue, Festuca rubra var. falax, is excellent for use in shade, low input mixtures, and blends requiring reduced fertilizer, irrigation and mowing which saves time and money. It excels in sun and shade mixtures for lawn and golf course rough use. Chewings Fescue is an improved and proven lower-growing Fine Fescue. It differs from Creeping Red Fescue because of its more erect growth and adaptability. The Woodall Chewings Fescue variety is typically used for turf and roadside erosion.
Woodall Chewings Fescue was named in honor of the late Don Woodall, a career seedsman, friend, and colleague of many in the green industry. Don’s passion was solving grassing challenges with low input cultivars.
-We think he would approve of this selection.
Seeds/Pound (approximate): 365,000
Seeding Rate (pounds/1,000 sq. ft): 3-4 (Overseeding), 5-6 (New Seeding)