Blue Ryegrass is a mix of Ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass. This blend offers lower mowing height and resistance to powdery mildew, fusarium, and leaf rust. It will stay dark blue-green color year-round and grows well in sandy or clay soil.
Baseball infields and athletic turfs are the favorite locations for Blue Rye. It’s a native grass to this region so it grows well, especially with proper watering and fertilization. In the Bay Area and near the California coast, Blue Rye can take a lot of sunshine. Plant Blue Rye in light shade in hotter regions like Sacramento and San Jose.
Seed Blends
Perennial ryegrass is suited for seed blends, especially when rounding out the numerous qualities of Kentucky bluegrass and fescues. A thoughtful seed blend will thrive in a lawn and all the various micro-climates that can be within a yard. It is ideal to use a seed blend than to side with anyone particular grass species, especially if there are shade trees coexisting with sunny areas and other extreme differences in the yard.
Perennial ryegrass is popular in southern climates as winter grass and considered as the best cool-season perennial pasture grass. Perennial ryegrass is often overseeded to provide color for the winter season.
Benefits of Planting A Perennial Ryegrass:
- It establishes rapidly high
- yielding with a long growing season
- highly nutritious
- recovers well from grazing, and tolerates traffic
- highly digestible for ruminants
- valuable not only as pasture but hay and silage as well.
Texture:
- Fine, Soft to the Touch
Recommended Uses:
- Front Yard
- Back Yard
- Athletic Fields
- Baseball Infields
Lawn Maintenance:
- Good Winter Disease Tolerance
- Offers Excellent Repairability
- Good Deep Green Color
- Requires More Water
- More Fertilizer than Dwarf Fescue
(especially during hot seasons)
Reasons to Choose Blue Rye:
- 50% Bluegrass blend & 50% premium Ryegrass blend
- Grows well in sandy or heavy soil
- Dark blue-green color year-round
- Natural rhizome structure
- Provides quick healing
- Uniform growth
- Developed for golf courses and sports fields