Grasses used in Alaska include Kentucky bluegrasses, creeping red fescue and ryegrass (used for a nurse crop or erosion control). Cold tolerance is by far the most important grass characteristic for Alaska and bluegrass and fine fescue are the most cold tolerant grasses. Kentucky bluegrass can be used by itself, but creeping red fescue is usually combined into a mix with Kentucky bluegrass.

It is worth incorporating fine fescue with bluegrass for a good seed mix. In fact, blending several varieties of bluegrass and/or fescues is a good idea. Your lawn will then have a better chance of surviving some factor which would wipe out a specific variety of grass. The more variety you can put into a mix, the more resistant it becomes to disease, fungus, and insects.

For an open lawn 60 percent Kentucky bluegrass, 35 percent red fescue and 5 percent ryegrass is recommended. For a shadier area 50 percent Kentucky bluegrass, 45 percent red fescue and 5 percent ryegrass is recommended. For erodable areas, increase the ryegrass to about 10 percent.

Click Name To View Grass Seed Choice		Type	Applications
Cool Season Mix - Showtime		Cool Season	Lawns - Full Sun to Moderate Shade Rye, Kentucky Bluegrass, Fine Fescue Mix
Cool Season Mix - Garland		Cool Season	Lawns - Full Sun to Moderate Shade Rye, Fine Fescue Mix
Fine Fescue Blend - Legacy		Cool Season	Lawns - Full Sun To Moderate Shade
Kentucky Bluegrass - Bluegrass Supreme		Cool Season	Lawns - Golf Gourses - Full Sun
Kentucky Bluegrass - Midnight		Cool Season	Lawns - Golf Courses - Full Sun
OSP Ryegrass		Cool Season	Lawns - Golf Courses - Southern Winter Overseed
Shade Grass - Poa Supina Mix		Cool Season	Lawns - Full Sun - Deep Shade - Best Shade Grass

Poa Supina

Full Shade Tolerance

 

Supranova Poa Supina is the elite shade grass for dense shade in cool season areas. This is the best primo shade lawn grass on market today. It is specially designed for deep shade and little water although it has been used for golf courses, lawns, and athletic field turf for over twenty years. Supranova shade grass has been developed over the last 20 years and the breeding keeps improving.

• Full Shade
• Full Sun
• High End

Kentucky Bluegrass Supreme

High Cold Tolerance

 

Supreme Bluegrass Blend is a either a 3-way or 4-way blend of very good, top performing Kentucky Blue grass varieties. It is an excellent choice for growing a supreme Kentucky Bluegrass lawn. The varieties that are selected for this blend are chosen for their excellent color, quick establishment, resistance to disease, and their ability to perform under a broad range of weather and soil conditions. Kentucky Blue Grass lawns are known for their fine to medium texture, uniformity of color, and density and durability for traffic. Kentucky Bluegrass has the ability to repair with rhizomes that spread and fill thin, worn areas.

• Cost Effective
• Lawns
• Wear Resistant

Below is the USDA Zone Map for Alaska so you can determine which zone you reside in. Below that are our picks for your state which will do best in your area. Next on this page are tables which list various grasses and their characteristics so you can compare before you decide on your purchase. Click on the product name (ie. Midnight) for more information about that grass and to make your purchase.

USDA Zone Map For Alaska