How to Use tall fescue in a Sentence

tall fescue

noun

• Deep bunkers and tall fescue await tee shots that bail out to the left.
  — Brent Kennedy, The Aegis, 25 May 2018
• For their project, the girls planted tall fescue grass seed in trays of soil.
  — Suzanne Baker, Naperville Sun, 3 July 2018
• Next spring, overseed your lawn with tall fescue grass seed to match your sod.
  — oregonlive, 20 Dec. 2020
• Bigelow said a lot of homeowners will find tall fescue easy to work with.
  — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2022
• Cool season grasses, such as Kentucky blue and tall fescue, grow in the north and upper third of the country.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
• Its color is lighter green than tall fescue, sometimes with a slightly blue cast.
  — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 29 Mar. 2018
• For example, zoysia is best mowed at 1 to 1 ½ inches tall, while tall fescue should be mowed at 2 to 3 inches.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Country Living, 20 Apr. 2023
• For example, zoysia should be mowed at 1 to 1 ½ inches tall, while tall fescue should be mowed at 2 to 3 inches.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 15 Apr. 2021
• The next four weeks present the best time of year in the Mid-Atlantic to sow cool-season grass seed, such as tall fescue, as part of lawn renovation and repair.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• For example, fine fescue can be planted in an area with dense shade, where tall fescue doesn’t grow well.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• Thatch is less likely a problem with buffalograss and tall fescue lawns.
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 14 June 2019
• By mid-June fertilize cool-season lawn grass (turf-type tall fescue, ryegrass and Kentucky blue grass).
  — Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 11 June 2019
• Fortunately, this infection does not kill the crowns of tall fescue.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• The predominant grass type in the Mid-Atlantic, turf-type tall fescue, grows rapidly in spring, especially a wet one.
  — Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2021
• This was something altogether different, a monster of a U.S. Open layout, with rock-hard greens and tall fescue rough blowing in the breeze.
  — Gary D'amato, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2018
• With most lawns being turf type tall fescue, which is dark green in color, annual bluegrass is very visible.
  — Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2022
• 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
• Keep in mind that the grasses with a higher fertility requirement will still need to be fertilized some (e.g., perennial ryegrass and tall fescue) to look their best.
  — oregonlive, 11 Feb. 2023
• Zoysia is a fine-bladed, low-growing, heat-tolerant grass that is more environmentally friendly than the more common turf-type tall fescue.
  — Washington Post, 7 July 2021
• And like ryegrass, tall fescue will occasionally grow in isolated thick dark green bunches.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 15 Mar. 2022
• All the classic elements of a traditional links course are here: pot bunkers, tees adjacent to greens, tall fescue, berms, hollows and bedeviling greens that range from microscopic to a massive double green.
  — Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2018
• Ramachandran tested the laundry water on tall fescue, a type of turfgrass, and an assortment of vegetables, comparing the effect of soap nuts with organic and conventional soaps and detergents.
  — Jeremy Deaton, Discover Magazine, 27 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024