Bella Blugrass Review

[Fullheadofturf1234]

Anyone seen or heard of this type of dwarf bluegrass called Bella?
https://sodsolutions.com/product/bella-bluegrass-plugs/

Claims to plant the entire yard by plugs and spreads quickly.

If you look at one of the featurd pictures it almost looks like stolons instead of rhizomes.

This seems intrguing to me, espically in the poa fight, if it spreads as fast as it claims makes the harsh relatiy of using round up not as bad.

[turf_toes]

I’d suggest looking at NTEP. There’s always some vendor pitching the next “miracle grass.”

A few years back it was hybrid blue grasses. My advice is don’t be quick to jump at suspect claims. If it sounds too good to be true; it probably is.

If there are no ntep scores for the grass. Wait. There’s no reason to throw your money at stuff that hasn’t been widely supported by testing.

For what it is worth, this grass is not a Kentucky Bluegrass. It’s some other variety.

I’d pass, if it were me.

[Fullheadofturf1234]

For what it is worth, this grass is not a Kentucky Bluegrass. It’s some other variety.

This is deep.


Well since my lawn looks like garbage anyway I might as well try a 10x10 foot before the reno.

I actually do like the look of it... kind of like a minitaure st aug.

[ENVY23]

$.90 per square foot. 5k of lawn would only cost $4,500. lol

[Fullheadofturf1234]

$.90 per square foot. 5k of lawn would only cost $4,500. lol

Yea price is insane but is that worse than any elite bluegrass plugs ? (I really have no clue)

My plan is to buy 1 tray of plugs and dedicate a 10x 10 area to it.
From there I can slowly kill more lawn and plant plugs. Itll be a process. No way I’d pay that price.

[turf_toes]

$.90 per square foot. 5k of lawn would only cost $4,500. lol

Yea price is insane but is that worse than any elite bluegrass plugs ? (I really have no clue)

My plan is to buy 1 tray of plugs and dedicate a 10x 10 area to it.
From there I can slowly kill more lawn and plant plugs. Itll be a process. No way I’d pay that price.

Yeah. It’s a lot worse.

You could sod 5,000 square feet with many “elite” KBG cultivars for less than that.

No one establishes a KBG lawn from plugs, for what it’s worth. It would take years. You can just renovate and have a decent lawn in a few weeks from seed. Blueberry KBG can look like a fully established lawn in six weeks from seed.

This grass you are going to plug is not KBG.

[Green]

I've seen it on TV (Bella Bluegrass). It sounds interesting, but there is no information to be had what species it is, as Turf_Toes mentions, at least not what I can find. It may be an interspecies cross (hybrid) of KBG and another type of Bluegrass. Or, it could be a KBG cultivar bred for certain growth characteristics, I suppose. It seems to be a trade secret.

Turf_Toes, do you have info that it's definitely not KBG, or are you going by the growth habit?

We had someone here years ago try Poa Trivialis, and then Poa Supina. Didn't go too well.

[turf_toes]

I've seen it on TV (Bella Bluegrass). It sounds interesting, but there is no information to be had what species it is, as Turf_Toes mentions, at least not what I can find. It may be an interspecies cross (hybrid) of KBG and another type of Bluegrass. Or, it could be a KBG cultivar bred for certain growth characteristics, I suppose. It seems to be a trade secret.

Turf_Toes, do you have info that it's definitely not KBG, or are you going by the growth habit?

We had someone here years ago try Poa Trivialis, and then Poa Supina. Didn't go too well.

The docs from the university of Nebraska, where it was developed, call it a “Bluegrass” and they contrast it with Kentucky Bluegrass.

If it was KBG, there wouldn’t be a need to contrast it with KBG. It sounds like a hybrid or something like Texas Bluegrass (which was used to create the hybrid).

If it was KBG, there also wouldn’t be the secrecy about the parent grasses.

[maynardGkeynes]

This Utah State article maintains that it is KBG (poa pratensis).
Whether it's any good I have no idea.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cwel_pubs/93/

[Green]

This Utah State article maintains that it is KBG (poa pratensis).
Whether it's any good I have no idea.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cwel_pubs/93/

I found a pdf of it for anyone interested (e.g. OP): "Growth of Bella Bluegrass Compared to a Standard KBG Blend and Tall Fescue": http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.910.7509&rep=rep1&type=pdf