Desirade

Versatile and new top variety strong creeping fescue

  • High drought tolerance
  • Fast establishment
  • Low input possible
  • Atlantic climate
  • Nordic climate
  • Continental climate
  • Mediterranean climate
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Description

Desirade is a versatile variety for use in mixtures for landscape purposes, like lawns, parks, road sides, golf fairways and roughs. Desirade has the best tolerance to extreme circumstances like long lasting drought. Desirade is an intermediate green variety with fine leaves and high resistance to red thread. It does not require high inputs of water and fertilizers. Special property of Desirade is its good shoot density and higher close-mowing tolerance than regular Festuca rubra rubra types.

Specifications
Species
Festuca rubra r.
Seeds per gram
1.000
Optimal pH range
5.5 – 6.8
Salt tolerance
Weak
Maintenance required
low
Rhizomes/Stolons/Tufted
rhizomes
Shade tolerance
very good
Water requirement
low
Thatch build-up
medium
Speed of establishment
Genetic colour
Resistance to red thread
Less irrigation required
Less fertilizer required
Tolerant to close mowing
Germination energy at low temperature
Festuca rubra rubra

Strong creeping red fescue has broader leaves than chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue and has a low ornamental value (open sward). On the other hand it produces more rhizomes than slender creeping red fescue resulting into a better tensile strength.

Strong creeping red fescue has broader leaves than chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue and has a low ornamental value (open sward). On the other hand it produces more rhizomes than slender creeping red fescue resulting into a better tensile strength.

Strong creeping red fescue has broader leaves than chewings fescue and slender creeping red fescue and has a low ornamental value (open sward). On the other hand it produces more rhizomes than slender creeping red fescue resulting into a better tensile strength.

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