About Fescue
Grasses
Fescues grasses that are are cool season adapted to the transition
zone and into Canada.
Fescues grasses are easily seeded and include the tall bunching
grasses like tall fescue
and shorter fescues named creeping red, hard, chewings cattle and
sheep fescue.
Fescues grasses share the same variety characteristics with three
dominant ones being shade tolerance, staying green all year, and
having good drought resistance. Fescues are more cold and shade tolerant are used though-out much of the Central
to Northern USA states.