http://nomowgrass.com

apparently it is a breed of fescue that only grows about 6 inches tall. You only mow it once or twice a season. Sounds like a godsend to me!! If it is true, that is...

It is only low mow because I stopped mowing in October last year. I expect it to get up to about 30 inches high before it stops. My grass is the Floratam variety of St Augustine and is about 20 inches high in the pic. This is an experiment to see how little water it will need. That grass has not been fertilized in at least a couple years. In October when the rains came I stopped watering and let it grow. It is worth mentioning that I live on the edge of the desert in Texas. It was 99 degrees today. Our last rain was a week ago so I would not expect the tall grass to need water yet. I am watering the grass where it is still down around 4 inches. That grass is drying after a week. It's an interesting experiment.

Where do you live? There might be some other alternatives that are somewhat more conventional.

One of the mixes contains some fescue, but the main ingredient appears to be bentgrass.

Is bentgrass a bad thing?
Apparently the now-mow grass isn't good for high-traffic areas. That's OK...I have lots of very distant areas that aren't high traffic.

On the other hand, bentgrass planted by itself could make a fine carpet of grass. Think putting greens.

Bentgrass is usually considered a high-input, high-maintenance grass, so this use of it is not the customary approach. I have no idea how it would be under low-maintenance conditions.

Original NoMowGrass
(~50% supine bent 50% Inert Matter)

Improved - Lush Blue-Green
(20% native alpine & 20% bent mix 60% Inert Matter)

Hot/Dry Mix
(20% Dwarf Fescue 30% Inert Matter & 50% Original Seed Mix)

The first is $23.50/pound; the second $40/pound; and the third $34/pound + shipping. And for some reason, it costs $6 to ship a pound of the first two, but $11 to ship a pound of the third.

Bentgrass is terrible mowed high. It forms stolons far above the surface of the soil.

Just buy fine fescue, kill the grass underneath, and don't mow it. Fine fescue just doesn't get that tall. It also looks very pretty long.

I know 'cuz my riding mower is a MONSTER, and until I get a gator blade, there's no mowing that's going to be happening when I pass over the fine fescue because it's just flattened by the wind from the 54" mower deck.

what are stolons?

>Just buy fine fescue, kill the grass underneath, and don't mow it. Fine fescue just doesn't get that tall. It also looks very pretty long.

How tall does it get? How does it do in shade? I have a row of trees that I'd like to leave "natural" rather than "manicured". Today I mowed a curved line around the tree row and mowed everything outside of that. Perhaps if the un-mowed area looks "deliberate", neighbors won't get upset.
Also, how do you mean "kill the grass"... use a chemical? If so, then how do I plant the fescue? I prefer not to use chemicals, it's bad for the planet.

The reason I liked the "no-mow" grass, they said if you cut it low & plant the no-mow, it will 'take over' the old grass.

Prairie Nursery sells a no-mow lawn mix. It is Fescue. Problem is you do have to remove the previous grass. I have been removing grass & starting gardens since I got here, but my stamina is failing... I think I'll try to smother my lawn under the trees instead, by piling my leaves there... but for the sake of this discussion I thought I'd provide the link.

Sharp Brothers Seed is one of the biggest manufacturers and is located only 60 miles from me. When I was a kid we planted it in our yard and it did great