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Palladio

Dark tall fescue with excellent resistance to drought

  • Exceptional drought tolerance, minimal irrigation required!

  • Stable dark-green colour.

  • Best suited in Mediterranean climate zone.

festuca arundinacea

Palladio achieves the very best performance in terms of turf characteristics and heat and drought tolerance. It shows an excellent summer performance under both high and low maintenance. Palladio belongs to Barenbrug’s darker green tall fescues within our range. Palladio outperforms other varieties in terms of homogeneity of sward, high ornamental value and extremely high drought tolerance. Palladio maintains its colour in summer despite heat and drought and is not susceptible to brown patch.

Application
Palladio is a versatile Festuca arundinacea variety suitable for:

  • Ornamental lawns
  • General landscaping
  • Turf production
  • Golf courses: fairways and tees
  • Football and rugby pitches

Colour
Dark-green coloured medium broad-leaved tall fescue variety.

Partner varieties in mixtures
Palladio has been extensively tested in private trials at Barenbrug Research in the Netherlands, France and Italy. For landscape, fairway and tee applications, Palladio mixes well with Poa pratensis and Lolium perenne species, and in warm dry areas preferably with drought-tolerant varieties such as Barimpala. More continental areas are best covered with partners such as Bariris and Baronial (Pp) and Barminton or Barfriso (Lp).

Additional features

Palladio
Characteristics
Wear tolerance
Fineness of leaves
Colour darkness
Less irrigation required
Less frequent mowing possible
Speed of establishment
Self recovery capacity
Tolerance to brown patch
Less nitrogen required
Germination energy at low temperature

Palladio