selecting your seed

I never worked with southern grasses, I worked with northern grasses which are the thickest and greenest. If you are working with shade you want to have a fine fesque mix. I like Kentucky Blue Grass because it has a deep dark green with a slight blueish tint. It spreads its roots and fills in good with proper watering and fertilizer to create a thick lawn which will make it difficult for weeds to penetrate. Blue grass is expensive and you don't need 100% blue grass to get that look. Most good seed mixes have a large percentage of high quality perennial rye grasses and a small percentage of tall fesque that is very durable and dark green as they have been improved by hybreeding. If you have part shade you want about 30% fine fesque in your seed mix. I will talk a little more about seeding at a later date.