Set your yard up for success by selecting the best grass to grow in the shade. These lawn grasses and ornamental grasses thrive with very little sunlight.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spring is just around the corner and many homeowners are thinking about their lawn. Shade can make it tough to grow grass, and ...

Large lawn with lots of shade - Zhen Li/Getty Images Big patches of cool shade offer idyllic spots to relax on hot summer days, whether you're tossing a ball to your dog or swinging in a hammock. Your ...

Q. I am getting ready to replant my grass. Please recommend a pre-emergent herbicide, fertilizer and mixture of grass seed that would do well in my mostly shady yard. Mark Schultz, Ann Arbor A. Mark's ...

I planted a group of seven redbuds in the corner of my backyard a few years ago and have just pruned some of the lower limbs off, leaving a large open space under them. Will I be able to grow grass in ...

Our lawns should be greening up nicely by now. That makes it a good time to look for dead spots and areas where the grass has died out. Bare spots are often the result of past damage to the lawn from ...

How do you grow grass in heavy shade? Sorry, it can't be done. Trees and grass both need the sunlight. Trees win! There is a solution though: shade-loving ground ...

“A new neighbor decided to limb up some spruce trees to about 8 feet along the property line and I am now looking at bare soil on my side of the trees. Will a shady grass blend work in this situation?

Spring is just around the corner and many homeowners are thinking about their lawn. Shade can make it tough to grow grass, and there's no easy answer to the problem. Grass is a full-sun plant and when ...