Pennington 100543703 Smart Seed Dense Shade Grass Mix Bag 7 lb, Black Label

Had a chronic problem area along the side of the house where it NEVER gets sunlight due to the shade from the building and some large trees. I had tried various other seeds and planting solutions. This is the one that finally came through! High quality seeds that germinated fully and provided a lush lawn. They take a while to grow.. not for the impatient among us. Plus make sure you use some peat moss to cover the seeds initially so they stay moist and don't get eaten by the birds.. But after a couple weeks the sprouts came up and within another week or two the lawn looked great and it's been over three months now and looks wonderful. We even had a large family party a couple of weeks ago and the lawn stood up to lot of foot traffic. Very happy with this seed and will use it again!

I would give zero stars, followed the instructions for planting that was listed on the bag and went above and beyond, watered for several days, it's been 14 days now and not one single seed has germinated of approximately 2k square feet I can't find even one blade of new grass I did contact the manufacturer through the Amazon return section, the company has returned the contact Email with a reference number, they want a whole list of information before they'll do a refund, I mean several Questions that require a return answer, one is a picture of the barcode on the bag ( will that got trashed the day I planted the seeds ) , I emailed them back and asked if they also wanted my first born child and my right nut,,, ridiculous, I told them to just keep the $30 and to keep their worthless products, too much of a hassle. Just go to tractor supply and get your seeds, but don't buy Pennington brands Update 03/24/2025 I suppose I'm gonna have to eat crow, I give it 5 stars,21 days later after planting and it appears that all of the seeds have germinated and looking very good. Have a good day

I bought two bags. The first bag of seed germinated just fine. The second bag not so well. It's been a little over 2 weeks. Both areas are equal in the amount of sun and water, I made sure of that. I guess I got a bad bag.

Waist of time and money. Its not for hot area like Texas. Grew rapidly during the cooler month of March until the end off April. the growth was never strong as in it didn’t grow as thick. Then starting in May it just died despite watering as needed. I don’t think they should be marketing this for texas or any of the hotter regions.

We planted this grass seed in our heavily shaded yard in Central Texas, where we previously had nothing but dirt. It’s only been about a month to a month and a half, and we already have a full, lush lawn! We’ve been watering almost daily, and we’ve been really impressed with how quickly and well it’s grown. It still looks a little patchy in some areas because we seeded different sections at different times, but overall the results have been amazing. We honestly didn’t expect this much growth so quickly, especially in a shady yard.