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Poaceae
Smooth meadow grass
Poa pratensis
Also known as Poa pratensis f. elata, Smooth bluegrass, Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis subsp. uberrima
Native Plants · Kentucky Bluegrass · Lawn Grass · Turf · Cool Season · Dense · Poaceae · Landscaping · Ground Cover
Kentucky bluegrass is a popular cool-season lawn grass that forms dense, attractive turf. Requires regular watering and benefits from spring and fall fertilization. Best suited for cooler climates with moderate maintenance needs.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply and regularly, especially during establishment · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 8 in
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Shallow
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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