How to Use Kentucky bluegrass in a Sentence

Kentucky bluegrass

noun
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  • 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
  • The Bears and Niners will play on new turf after Bermuda grass was installed this week instead of the usual Kentucky bluegrass.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2022
  • If turf damage is severe, seed with Kentucky bluegrass.
    — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The unplugged, pastoral side to baseball, with its hickory bats, Kentucky bluegrass, rawhide, and western Pennsylvania dirt, isn’t going away.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Soldier Field resodded with Bermuda grass — replacing the old Kentucky bluegrass.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Bermuda grass — instead of the stadium’s traditional Kentucky bluegrass — was installed this week.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Holladay Holladay started testing xeriscaping on street islands and other spaces and plans to use low-water turf, which requires about 30% to 40% less water than Kentucky bluegrass.
    — Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022
  • For example, among the cool-season grass species, Kentucky bluegrass is a prime offender for spreading aggressively and accumulating thatch.
    — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023

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