Blue Velvet Kentucky Bluegrass

2025-09-15T11:37:22-04:00

Type: Bluegrass
Price: 41.99 - 179.99 (4 variants)

Blue Velvet Kentucky Bluegrass is a premium, Midnight-type variety known for its exceptionally dark green color, fine texture, and dense growth. This low-growing cultivar delivers outstanding turf quality while requiring less frequent mowing, making it an ideal choice for both high-end and low-maintenance applications. With excellent summer stress tolerance and rare, broad-spectrum disease resistance, Blue Velvet thrives in demanding turf conditions, including golf course fairways, sports fields, sod blends, parks, and elite home lawns. Its superior performance in sun or shade makes it a versatile, top-tier choice for any setting where lasting beauty and durability are essential.~~~

Blue Velvet Kentucky Bluegrass is a premium, Midnight-type variety known for its exceptionally dark green color, fine texture, and dense growth. This low-growing cultivar delivers outstanding turf quality while requiring less frequent mowing, making it an ideal choice for both high-end and low-maintenance applications. With excellent summer stress tolerance and rare, broad-spectrum disease resistance, Blue Velvet thrives in demanding turf conditions, including golf course fairways, sports fields, sod blends, parks, and elite home lawns. Its superior performance in sun or shade makes it a versatile, top-tier choice for any setting where lasting beauty and durability are essential.

Product Information

Application or Use: Lawn, Turf, Golf Courses, Parks & Recreation, Athletic Fields

Germination Time: 6-12 days, under optimal conditions

Growing Locations: Cool Season & Transition Zone

Height: 1/2" - 3 inches

Sunlight Requirements: 6+ hours, full sun for best results

Advantages: Exceptional turf quality, low maintenance and an excellent dark green.

When to Plant: Recommended planting time is spring and fall when night time temperatures are consistently below 65 degrees.

Product Details

Exceptional Turf Quality – Midnight-type variety with a rich, dark green color, fine texture, and dense growth.

Low Maintenance – Naturally low-growing and requires less frequent mowing than most other bluegrasses.

Outstanding Disease Resistance – Excellent tolerance to Leaf Spot, Dollar Spot, Brown Patch, Rusts, Powdery Mildew, and more.

Superior Summer & Shade Performance – Holds up under severe summer stress and adapts well to shady conditions.

Versatile Use – Ideal for golf course fairways, sports turf, sod production, parks, and premium home lawns.

Product Information

Blue Velvet - Kentucky Bluegrass is a Midnight-type very dark green, dense and fine leaved. Blue Velvet has summer performance under severe summer stress, and will persist indefinitely under demanding turfgrass conditions. Blue Velvet is a low growing cultivar
that requires less frequent mowing than most other bluegrasses. Blue Velvet is recommended for use wherever a premium quality Kentucky Bluegrass turf is needed. It can be cut to 1/2”, and is suitable for golf course fairways and roughs. It can be used in sod blends, on sports turf, in parks and on high quality home lawns. It performs well under high or low maintenance. Compared to most Midntight-type varieties, Blue Velvet has a very good adaptation to shady conditions. It is rare to find the overall disease resistance that Blue Velvet posesses. Blue Velvet has demonstrated very good to excellent resistance to Leaf Spot, Melting Out, Summer Patch, Dollar Spot, Brown Patch, Rusts, and Powdery Mildew.

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Seeding
A seeding rate of 2 - 4 lbs. per 1000 sq. ft. is ideal. The soil incorporation of a pre-plant fertilizer, based on a soil test, is recommended. Generally, incorporating 1 to 1-1/2 lbs of actual N per 1000 sq. ft. is helpful to ensure a quick start. Under good late summer and early fall conditions, germination, and seedling emergence can be expected within 7 - 14 days after planting.