Tall fescue lawns can easily be over seeded when the lawn is thin and start to get the bunching, clumping uneven appearance. This can be the result of extreme heat during the summer, disease or insect damage or other factors. The Tall Fescue is then over seeded in the fall to get the lawn into shape before the next hot summer weather sets in. Several varieties for improved lawn performance can be over seeded yearly. The variety or varieties should be chosen by the adaptive characteristics for the region in which you are planting.
Red fescue is in the fine fescues category and has narrow deep green blades.
This fescue can be grown in single stands and prefer the more shadier and cooler areas than most other cool season grasses. Red fescue are usually added to bluegrass and perennial ryegrass mixtures and is known for its shade tolerance and drought resistant qualities. Red fescue can establish in the lawn quickly while the slower growing bluegrass is forming. This fescue variety is a non aggressive easily maintained grass and overseeds quite well in the areas of adaptation. Besides being a lawn cover it is quite beautiful when left un-mown in a meadow or for a roadside growth and erosion sites on slopes or hill sides.