What is the best grass type for a Vancouver Lawn?

Choosing the best type of grass for your Vancouver lawn will depend on a few primary factors:

1. Amount of sunlight
2. Amount of traffic
3. Amount of water you will give your lawn in hot summer months

To select a grass type that is suited to your lawn need, you should be aware that there are only 3 types of cool season grasses that are grown for the Vancouver area:

1. Rye grass
2. Blue grass
3. Fescuse

Most sod varieties are composed using a mixture of the three types of grasses but with varying percentages of each type of grass.

Now if we understand what each grass type is used for, we can now select the best type of grass for your Vancouver lawn. Let’s keep it very basic but remember most sods, if not all, will be composed of a mixture of a three grass types with varying percentages :

Rye grass: Used for general lawn coverage.

Bluegrass: Used for heavy traffic.

Fescues: Used for shade, drought tolerance and chafer beetle protection.

Now lets look at our sod choices:

1. West coast premium blend (A high rye grass)
2. Shade Blend (High fescue content)
3. Sport Blend (High bluegrass)
4. Chafer beetle sod (High fescue)
5. Drought tolerant sod (High fescue content)

If you don’t want to sod your lawn and would like to seed it, we offer all the same types of grass seeds here:

You can now match the best type of grass with your choice of sod or seed based on the items listed above.