Have you ever noticed this effect with grass?

[kwerk]

When you look at grass from one direction it looks really nice and dark green and wonderful, but when you look from the other direction it looks all washed out and light green and sort of rubbish looking? I think it's something to do with the sun reflecting off it, because it looks the best in the morning and evening when the sun is low. Or maybe the shadows of the blades?

Wouldn't it be great if they could engineer a grass that looked great from all directions.

 

[kwerk]

The effect is most noticeable on high quality ornamental turf grass, which I doubt many of you have access to so maybe you haven't witnessed it.

 

[kwerk]

You know I wonder if Kentucky Bluegrass tends to look better than other types just because of this phenomenon because it tends to grow in a more multi-directional fashion compared to fescues, etc?

Personally I'm a tall fescue man myself, I'll take drought resistance over looks.

 

[kwerk]

Also what is the status of the blue grass? I think I missed a chunk of the thread, did it eventually turn blue?

It only turns blue until it rains, or I use the sprinklers. If there's no rain the dye degrades in sunlight in a couple of days. So it doesn't turn blue permanently, it's just a visual aid for more accurate chemical application.

 

[kwerk]

This, saw the name and wasn't going to click but just had to see stupid question. Grass like any leaf has two sides hence the difference.

Yeah but the sides don't change, the sun changes. Unless the blades have a "good" side which twists around to follow the sun throughout the day??

 

[kwerk]

Jeez you need a woman or a hobby.

Lawns IS a hobby.

 

[kwerk]

It's something to do with the angles of the sunlight hitting the grass, that's how lawn striping works. When the grass is bending away from you it looks lighter, but when it's bent towards you it looks darker. But how does this apply to non-striped lawns looking different from different directions?

And what about this? If you look at a striped lawn in the morning, and then again in the evening, do the stripes reverse??

 

[kwerk]

Lawn pic incoming!!

Is that fine fescue?