Jonathan Green’s Black Beauty Dense Shade Grass Seed contains shade-tolerant seed varieties for lawns with big shady trees, large shrubs, or areas shaded by houses or other permanent structures. Black Beauty Dense Shade contains the four families of cool-season turfgrasses: turf-type tall fescue, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and fine fescues, which creates great versatility in shady to partial sun lawns. This seed germinates in 14 to 21 days.