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America's Favorite Lawn Seed has a lush green appearance, withstands all climates, 99.9% weed free, has good disease resistance, and is made in the USA.

America's Favorite Lawn Seed Comparison Chart

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Product Name

Royal Blue Mound ® Elite Sun Lawn Seed

Fast & Tuff ®
Lawn Seed

Rainbo Elite Shade ®
Lawn Seed

Landscaper Sun & Shade Lawn Seed

Low Maintenance Lawn Seed

Rough & Tuff Athletic Lawn Mix

All Purpose PatchLawn Seed

KY-31 TallFescue

Champion 3+3 Fescue Blend

Jaguar 4 Turf Type Fescue

True Blue Grass Blend

Features/Uses

Most popular premium mix. Excellent for starting new lawns or revitalizing existing ones. If seeded properly under correct conditions, expect a beautiful, permanent lawn in one season!

Excellent for establishing a dense, beautiful turf quickly. Outstanding for overseeding sodded & disease problem lawns. A quality looking lawn.

Most popular shade mix. Performs well in shade or sun & shade. Grows well in areas that are difficult to get grass to grow because of shade. For extremely dense shade & high moisture, double the seeding rate.

The perfect value-priced lawn seed mix for sun or light shade. Seed a new lawn or overseed an existing lawn. Great for a nice looking permanent lawn.

Great for establishing a lawn in areas where you don’t want to mow, water & fertilize on a regular basis. Can be overseeded with bluegrass or ryegrass for improved turf quality at any time!

Inexpensive, tough mix that provides permanent grass. Good on steep embankments or on any lawn where a coarse width grass is desirable. Good cover for difficult sites.

An economical fast start fescue/bluegrass mix. Good for filling in bare spots or seeding in areas where a durable, but coarse, turf carpet is desired.

Deep rooted bunch grass good for erosion control on roadsides, pond dams, or pastures. Provides a durable extremely hardy turf.

A blend of six of
the top rated turf
type fescues.
Deep rooting and
formulated for
Midwest lawns.
No other blend
can match the
performance of
Champion 3+3

Premier turf type fescue bred for beauty and helps to lower maintenance costs. Great for high traffic areas.

Blend of three
highly rated
Bluegrasses
100% Select
Bluegrass
Varieties

Color/Texture

Deep emerald green. Greens up quickly in spring. Fine leaf blades that form a dense earth carpet.

Medium to dark green. Medium textured grass varieties that form a tough, durable turf.

Jade green. Greens up quickly in spring. Finer textured leaf width.

Medium green. Good spring green up.

Light to medium green. Spring green up with fall dormant application or spring application of fertilizer. Fine textured leaf.

Light to medium green. Good spring green up. Medium leaf blades. Forms a dense turf.

Light to medium green. Spring green up. Medium to coarse textured grass varieties quickly form a thick lawn.

Lighter green with coarser blades when compared to turf type fescues.

Dark green color.

Finer texture. Forms a dense turf.

Dark Green.
Provides a fine
textured lawn.

Light/Soil Requirements

Thrives best in full sun on good soil types. Tolerates some shade as long as the sun reaches it for greater than 50% of the time.

Grows well in full sun. Performs well on all types of soils.

Thrives in light to dense shade. Performs very well, even on damp sites & light, sandy soils.

Thrives in full sun to light shade. Performs well on most types of soil.

Will grow in all soil types. Will grow in sun or shade. Heavy soils require being cultivated to a depth of 6” for best establishment.

Will grow in all soil types, although best in full sun.

Starts fast & grows well in full sun to light shade. Performs well on moderate to damp sites & most soil types.

Good in full sun to partial shade.

Full sun to partial shade. Adapts well to all soils.

Full sun to partial shade. Excellent adaptability to shade.

Medium sun,
shade, traffic &
drought tolerance

Stress Tolerance

Tolerates heat & drought. Extremely winter hardy. Good disease resistance. Withstands moderate traffic.

Requires less fertilization. Deep rooted for good wear. Extremely winter hardy. Good disease resistance.

Withstands heat & drought if well-watered. Extremely winter hardy. Good disease resistance.

Withstands heat & drought. Withstands heavy traffic & constant use. Extremely winter hardy. Good disease resistance.

Very winter hardy. Should remain green in normal heat & drought. Will handle normal traffic.

Winter hardy. Some disease resistance. Handles normal traffic well. Performs well with low maintenance & dry conditions.

Withstands heat & drought. Handles normal wear.

High traffic tolerance. Excellent drought tolerance. Excellent disease resistance.

High traffic tolerance.

High drought tolerance.

High heat and disease resistance.

High traffic tolerance.Good drought tolerance.

Good color
& disease
resistance

Establishment Rate

Bluegrass establishes in 14-28 days. Keep damp at all times until the second mowing.

Bluegrass establishes in 14-28 days. Keep damp at all times until the second mowing.

Bluegrass establishes slower than fescues & ryes. Germinates in 7-21 days.

Ryes & fescues establish in 7-14 days. Bluegrass in 14-28 days.

Germinates in 7-21 days.

Germinates in 10-21 days. Forms a thick, healthy lawn in one season.

Germinates in 10-28 days. Forms a thick, healthy lawn in one season.

Germinates in 10-14 days.

Germinates in 10-14 days.

Germinates in 10-14 days.

Germinates in
14-21days

Seeding Rate

Bare Ground: 3-4 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 1 1/2-2 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 5-6 lbs. per 1000 sq ft. Overseeding: 2 1/2-3 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 4-5 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 2-2 1/2 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 3 1/2-4 1/2 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 1 1/2-2 1/2 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 5-6 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 2 1/2-3 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 7-10 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 3 1/2-5 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 4-6 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 2-3 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 8-10 lbs. per 1000 sq ft. Overseeding: 5-7 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 8-10 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 5 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Bare Ground: 6-10 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

Overseeding: 5 lbs. per 1000 sq ft.

5 lbs. per 1000
sq. ft.

Available Sizes

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

25#

25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

6#, 25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

6#, 25#, 50#

2#, 6#, 25#, 50#

 

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