Grass question?

[bullhead44]

not that kind of grass!

I have a lot of shade in my back yard along with some really hard clay soil. Not a good combo for growing grass. Is there a good type of grass that might grow in this situation? I'm not trying to win yard of the month. I would just like to have some grass back there.

[MLank]

I'm in Richardson and I have a lot of shade in my front yard, clay soil, and my St. Augustine does well. The trees are thinned out every few years.

Also, most people would call clover weeds, but have you heard of mini- and or micro- clover? Look up yards (or sections of yards) that use this and they look pretty good. Just an option, I haven't done much research on how it would do in shade or with St. Augustine.

[JayB]

Even with St. Augustine, it will need 6-8 hours of sun per day...can you get that much light to the area? Does not have to be full on direct sunlight, but enough to call it real light.

If not, you might need to consider a ground cover like mentioned above.

[Snowflake Killa]

Not what I thought the thread was about

[slicktree]

If you've got heavy shade see if you can't find amerishade st augustine

[Charles]

Kentucky Fescue might work

[jerp]

My backyard is heavily shaded and over the first 10 years we owned the place I tried every kind of so-called "shade friendly" turf grass there is. The same thing always happened - it looked good for the first year, then started getting thin and was all gone by the end of year two. Just not enough sun. I did not want to remove a lot of trees - they are on the west side of the house and provide great shade. I finally gave up and did what I should have done in the first place. I surrounded the stands of trees with edging and planted ground covers. Mostly Asian Jasmine, Purple Winter Creeper and Giant Liriope. It took a few years to fill in but it now looks great. In the portion of the yard where I was determined to grow grass I removed a few trees and trimmed the rest (raised the canopy).

[jlp04c]

I think frog fruit grows pretty well in shade, and it's an excellent turf replacement... May be worth checking out

[Ouch]

I finally gave up and did what I should have done in the first place. I surrounded the stands of trees with edging and planted ground covers. Mostly Asian Jasmine, Purple Winter Creeper and Giant Liriope.

Snakes?