Colonial bent grass is easily grown from seed by planting at the rate of ½ pound to 1 pound per 1000 square feet and 25- 45 pounds pre acre. Colonial bent grass is adapted to the cooler, moist areas or the northern United States and the upper shores of the Pacific and the Atlantic coastlines.  Fertilization for regular lawn usage will be medium. Establishment time for colonial bent grass is slow.

Creeping bent grass is used extensively in lawns, golf courses, athletic fields for the creeping, dense growth and beautiful coloration and short mowing capabilities. It is used primarily on golf putting greens because of the denseness and mowing qualities. The color of Creeping Bentgrass can range from olive green to a very light green. Varieties have been developed for better hardiness, heat tolerance, salt tolerance, wear-ability and better re-growth in higher traffic areas. 

Creeping bent grass establishes faster than Colonial and is adapted to the fertile, low acidic, and well draining soils. It can be used in the overseeding of the grasses such as Bermuda in the transitional area on golf courses. Creeping bent grass can be grown from seed or vegetative propagation. The two most well known seeded varieties are Seaside and Penncross. Some of the other vegetative varieties are Washington, Pennlu, Toronto, and Arlington. Fertilization requirements are generally medium.

Velvet bent grass has the finest texture of all the bent grasses and is one of the oldest grasses used for lawns and golf courses in Europe and was brought to the US for use on the earlier putting greens because of the texture and ability to be clipped closely. Velvet Bentgrass does not grow the best in the transition area and is used mainly in the far upper northern area of the US in the coastal areas, which are well noted for the moist, cool climates and more fertile soils. It grows more like the colonial version only shorter. Velvet bent grass is lighter in color than colonial and creeping varieties.