How to Use Kentucky bluegrass in a Sentence

Kentucky bluegrass

noun

• Lawns are required to be seeded or sodded in Kentucky bluegrass, and trash cans must be kept out of view.
  — Star Tribune, 14 Nov. 2020
• The Bears and Niners will play on new turf after Bermuda grass was installed this week instead of the usual Kentucky bluegrass.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 11 Sep. 2022
• If turf damage is severe, seed with Kentucky bluegrass.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
• That's because the grass most found in Wisconsin — Kentucky bluegrass — can survive in longer drought-like periods.
  — Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2023
• The best time to aerate cool-season grasses like Kentucky bluegrass that make up most Chicago-area lawns is in spring and fall, when the grasses are actively growing.
  — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Apr. 2021
• Canal Park's playing surface of Kentucky bluegrass rests on top of three levels of sand, fine peat gravel and a combination of large peat gravel and drainage tiles.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 18 Dec. 2021
• For Northern lawns or partial shade, Kentucky bluegrass is a popular choice.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
• The biggest issue, however, came in September, when the field was re-sodded with Kentucky bluegrass that never took.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2025
• What was the American Dream, in the 20th century, if it wasn’t aproned by a quarter acre of Kentucky bluegrass or tall fescue, which is good for recreation and admiration and not much else?
  — Dan Zak, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
• Only cool-season grasses such as fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, and ryegrasses can be planted in fall, which is the best time of year to establish these species.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025
• For example, a cool-season Kentucky bluegrass lawn with pockets of rogue zoysiagrass will display what appear to be dead patches in spring and fall.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2024
• Zoom in: The turfgrass Michigan State developed is a mixture of Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass that can be grown in sand on plastic.
  — Joe Guillen, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
• Recent drought events revealed that Kentucky bluegrass can survive with much less water than initially thought.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
• Thousands of swimming pools glitter like diamonds in a desert bounded by green rectangles of Kentucky bluegrass.
  — Photographs & Text By Elliot Ross For Time, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
• Some grasses, such as St. Augustine, will do better in drier locations, while others, like Kentucky bluegrass, need more moisture and cooler air to stay healthy.
  — Deb Wiley, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
• Cool-season grasses such as fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, and perennial ryegrass are most active during the winter and early spring months.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 18 July 2024
• The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass and fescues, are generally maintained at 3 to 4 inches tall.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
• Soldier Field resodded with Bermuda grass — replacing the old Kentucky bluegrass.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
• Cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass, fescues, and perennial ryegrass, planted in cold regions go dormant in winter too.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2025
• Bermuda grass — instead of the stadium’s traditional Kentucky bluegrass — was installed this week.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2022
• Holladay Holladay started testing xeriscaping on street islands and other spaces and plans to use low-water turf, which requires about 30% to 40% less water than Kentucky bluegrass.
  — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
• The stadium typically has installed a hearty Latitude 36 Bermudagrass turf but opted to switch to Kentucky bluegrass in late September in an unplanned re-sodding.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
• During the growing season, more than half of our residential water is used for our landscapes, particularly the ubiquitous and thirsty Kentucky bluegrass (which, despite the name, comes from Europe).
  — Special To The Denver Post, Denver Post, 9 May 2025
• The stadium’s Kentucky bluegrass was replaced with the current Bermuda blend before the 2022 regular season, and field complaints largely dissipated.
  — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
• For example, among the cool-season grass species, Kentucky bluegrass is a prime offender for spreading aggressively and accumulating thatch.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• Cool-Season Grasses Cool-season grasses include fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, and ryegrasses, which develop during the winter and early spring months.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Mar. 2025