Nearly all the grasses used for lawns are plants that need full sun, so they won’t grow well in a tree’s shade.

Grass trees (genus Xanthorrhoea) look like they were imagined by Dr Seuss. An unmistakable tuft of wiry, grass-like leaves atop a blackened, fire-charred trunk. Of all the wonderfully unique ...

I've received dozens of questions asking what to plant beneath evergreen and deciduous trees because the lawn grass has grown poorly. Even shade-tolerant grasses weren't thriving. If shade isn't ...

But if your thin spot is under a mature shade tree, save yourself the trouble, says Todd Jacobson, head of horticulture at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Trying to grow thick, green grass under ...