Pennington Smart Seed Dense Shade Grass Mix Bag 7 lb

I absolutely love this dense fescue shade blend! It grows fast with a high germination rate, and it couldn’t be easier to apply. I just rake the loose dirt, sprinkle it in, protect the area, and give it plenty of water for a couple of weeks. Sure enough, it springs up beautifully, and the patches I’ve filled have stayed consistent season after season. I even scatter it in spots where the grass is a bit thinner, and it always rebounds well, giving my lawn a lush and healthy look. I really appreciate how well it performs in the shaded areas of my Southern California yard. Highly recommend for anyone dealing with shade challenges!

I would give zero stars, followed the instructions for planting that was listed on the bag and went above and beyond, watered for several days, it's been 14 days now and not one single seed has germinated of approximately 2k square feet I can't find even one blade of new grass I did contact the manufacturer through the Amazon return section, the company has returned the contact Email with a reference number, they want a whole list of information before they'll do a refund, I mean several Questions that require a return answer, one is a picture of the barcode on the bag ( will that got trashed the day I planted the seeds ) , I emailed them back and asked if they also wanted my first born child and my right nut,,, ridiculous, I told them to just keep the $30 and to keep their worthless products, too much of a hassle. Just go to tractor supply and get your seeds, but don't buy Pennington brandsUpdate 03/24/2025I suppose I'm gonna have to eat crow, I give it 5 stars,21 days later after planting and it appears that all of the seeds have germinated and looking very good. Have a good day

The greener side has Fox Farm Ocean Forest. The darker side (without grass) is where this seed was planted but barely grew. Conditions are mostly triple digits and 90% shade.

Got a good stand and outperformed the germination period with instructions. Sorta fool-proof. Save some back for bare spots after showing.

Pacific NW. Started planting a few weeks ago. April 2022. I've been a gardener for years and wanted a grass that would hold up in shade. Ground was well prepped. Yard gets about 3-5 hours of sunlight a day and it's about 1200 square feet. We did have more rain than normal this spring and very little of the seed is taking root. Lots of culls. I now will be applying a 4th bag, 3rd planting, trying to get some growth and a consistent look. Also, the last bag delivered was broken open and someone tried to patch it with Amazon tape. The pre-fertilized feature might hinders the gemination. I purchased 4 bags of item, April 15th, May 7th and 22nd and June 6th (Pennington Smart Seed Dense Shade Grass Mix 7 lb.) and applied shortly after receiving it to newly prepared topsoil in back yard shade 3 times this spring. Also, this spring applied different mfg. grass seed in sunnier front yard area and 3rd area, different mfg. seed in community right-a-way. I work in landscaping with HOA. The Pennington seed did not perform as I hoped. It is patchy and much of the seed did not germinate. The other brands have performed very well. We had planned various family back yard activities this summer and cannot use the space at all.07-18-22 What is growing in beautiful still patchy. Mfg stands behind product. Contact them for more info. I will recap later this summer.

I’ve tried other seeds without issue. However, as others have noted these seeds only germinate under some sort of perfect condition that is not mentioned in the instructions provided. After 2 weeks of proper care, ZERO seeds germinated. I must have received a bad batch. Returning with extreme prejudice.

I wish I’d taken before pictures of our yard. We have st Augustine grass that has thinned out significantly over the years due to two large oak trees in our yard. We started using this grass seed last year to fill in the bare spots. I cannot begin to tell you what a difference it has made. Our yard looks 100% better than it did before. And this is way cheaper than getting some landscape person in to put sod down.

This seed took hold and we have nice this grass under our Mulberry tree