The chewings fescue ‘SR5100’ was moderate in its response to rapid blight. Tiller infection rates in the lab were greater than that of the slender creeping red fescues, and were more highly infested ...

Red fescue (Festuca rubra) is a popular cool-season grass for lawns across the United States, but especially for shadier lawns or cooler climates. This species is quick to establish and can form a ...

Among his favorites are: • Strong creeping red fescue (often called red fescue or creeping red fescue) These grasses take less water, less fertilizer and require less mowing than the traditional ...

Avoid inexpensive seed that contains species such as creeping red fescue, fine leaf fescue, perennial, annual rye and annual bluegrass. These species may look good quickly after seeding, ...

Shady areas should be seeded with blends containing bluegrass, creeping red fescue or hard fescues. Shade blends or mixes do rather poorly in full sun, however a new bluegrass cultivar offers some ...

However, lambs on toxic fescue with 0.33% red clover extract consumed 15% more overall and 6% more digestible organic matter than those provided with toxic fescue without the red clover extract.

If you have shaded areas in the yard, you may want to use a mix also including fine fescues such as creeping red fescue which will tolerate shade. Some blends may include perennial ryegrass ...

The success was nominal at best, since creeping red fescue is rhizomatous and is slow to mature at mowing heights necessary for fairways. Moving forward, agronomists switched to chewing fescue, which ...