For warm-season grass, Zoysia is a great choice. It's a hardy grass that can tolerate a fair amount of shade, especially the 'Zeon' variety offered on our website. However, it does go dormant and turn brown in the cooler months.  For cool-season grass, Fine Fescue is one of the most shade-tolerant. It stays green year-round, and the ‘Rebel’ variety is especially well suited for the heat and humidity of the southeast.  If you are looking for a bermuda type grass, which also stay green year-round, ‘tiff grand’ may be a good choice for high traffic areas that are shaded some of the time. Remember, even shade-tolerant grasses need some sunlight, 4-6 hours is typical, so if your area gets less than 4 hours of direct sunlight a day, you might want to consider shade-tolerant ground covers instead of grass.