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Tall Fescue care calendar for zone 5

Cold winter, mild-to-warm summer; the heart of the cool-season lawn belt. Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, fine fescue, and perennial rye all thrive. Spring green-up usually arrives by April; lawn is fully active May through mid-October.

Tall fescue is the cool-season grass of the transition zone, deep-rooted, heat-tolerant for a cool-season species, and shade-tolerant. Modern turf-type tall fescue (TTTF) cultivars look much finer than the old K-31 pasture grass and dominate new lawn installs from Virginia to Kansas.