Fine fescue is a blend of several shade-tolerant grasses, including creeping red fescue, chewings fescue, and hard fescue. Perennial ryegrass doesn't perform well in heavy shade on its own.

For the luxury or finer lawns that feature delicate turf, the RHS recommends blends consisting of Chewing's fescue, strong and slender creeping red fescue, and browntop. In shaded gardens ...