• A dwarf compact creeping fescue with a dark green color.
• Improved turf performance and heat tolerance.
• Excellent seedling vigor and recuperative ability.
• Improved leaf spot and powdery mildew resistance.
• Tested as 4DF.
• Number 2 creeping fescue in the 1993 National Fine Fescue Test.
• Also known as Shadeway in Europe.
• Availability -- Fair.

Shademaster II is useful as a monostand around trees, in home lawns, parks and golf course extreme roughs where wear and tear is not a factor.  Shadmaster can be mixed with other fine fescues such as Tiffany Chewings, Discovery Hard or sheeps fescues to create a wavy "dunes" look on golf courses. 

Combine this product with 1/3 Perennial Ryegrass and 1/3 Kentucky Bluegrass, you have an all around mix for sun and shade.

Shademaster II performs best in sandy or clay soils where light irrigation is available.  It will withstand moderate drought conditions. Ideal soil pH is 5.5 to 8.0.  Germination takes 7-15 days depending on soil temperatures and first mowing can generally be performed in about 30 days.