Originally Posted by
Arbor 
Tall fescues are becoming the more recommend variety to plant around here instead of the spoiled rotten Kentucky blue. They are less chemical and fertilizer dependent and hold up to foot traffic and soil compaction nicely. Problem is most people don't like the size of the blade and it doesn't have that classic rich dark green color like Kentucky blue in a New England setting.
I love the size of the tall fescue blade; it is a beautiful grass. The transition zone tends to have a lot of invasive warm weather grasses which are hard to eradicate or control without the use of something like RoundUp which, of course, kills the fescue, also; the warm weather grasses (like Bermuda) don't mix well with the cool weather grasses in coloration and appearance and have that rhizome/stolon growth pattern which tends to choke-out the fescues.