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

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

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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.

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