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
  • Kentucky bluegrass or fescue is best maintained at a height of 2 to 4 inches.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Kentucky bluegrass is common in northern regions.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Kentucky bluegrass and fescue are common cool-season grasses.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For Northern lawns or partial shade, Kentucky bluegrass is a popular choice.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • For cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass and fescues, the ideal time to fertilize is in the fall.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Recent drought events revealed that Kentucky bluegrass can survive with much less water than initially thought.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ghana seemed poised to tie the game late in the half when Antoine Semenyo beat his man and fired a shot that slid across the Kentucky bluegrass and went just wide of the left post.
    — CBS News, 27 June 2026
  • 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
  • Most cool-season grasses, like Kentucky bluegrass and perennial ryegrass, are best maintained at 3 to 4 inches tall.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
  • The main culprit for water managers is Kentucky bluegrass, one of the most popular varieties in the US.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Among cool-season grasses, Kentucky bluegrass has a good capacity to survive drought dormancy.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • Grasses that cause symptoms include Bermuda, Johnson, rye and Kentucky bluegrass.
    — ABC News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Grasses that cause symptoms include Bermuda, Johnson, rye and Kentucky bluegrass.
    — Kenya Hunter, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Some of their favorite types of turfgrasses are Kentucky bluegrass, perennial rye and fescue, which have a higher protein content.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The Bears and Niners will play on new turf after Bermuda grass was installed this week instead of the usual Kentucky bluegrass.
    — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • 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, 8 Oct. 2025
  • 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, 3 June 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mow warm-season grasses at 2 to 3 inches tall and cool-season grasses, such as Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue, at 3 to 4 inches tall.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The grass is Kentucky bluegrass mixed with perennial ryegrass, with some durability-boosting artificial fibers thrown in.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 27 May 2026

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