Winter Rye grass is an annual grass that lives for one season and dies out. This type of grass is useful for creating a green lawn in the winter by overseeding an existing lawn. The nice thing about Rye Grass is that it can be mixed with other seed types such as Bermuda for winter hydroseeding. The Rye will come up immediately while the warm season seed remains dormant until spring.  By the time the Rye Grass dies out, the warm season grass will be well established,  ideally leaving your lawn looking green year around.

Rye grass is also a great choice to help with erosion control because it establishes itself quickly. Although it’s annual, it can reseed itself naturally to produce new turf each fall, if it is well maintained.

It usually takes about 3 weeks for winter rye grass to establish itself.