Amenity Grass Guide

QUICK GUIDE TO AMENITY GRASSES

Perennial Ryegrass (turf types)
Dwarf & fine leaved varieties
Excellent tolerance to wear
Back lawns & landscapes

Creeping Red Fescue (strong)
Forms creeping rhizomes
Fills in sward base when sown with perennial ryegrass
Used in most amenity mixtures

Creeping Red Fescue (slender)
Survives lower fertility better than strong types with a greater tolerance to close mowing, good summer colour
Top quality lawns & Golf mixtures

Chewings Fescue
Very fine leaved, low maintenance
Very tolerant to close mowing
Good drought resistance
Golf & Bowling greens

Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass
Slow to establish, forms rhizomes and deep rooted, good tolerance to wear
Used in most Sport areas and on banks

Browntop Bent
Fine leaved, producing above ground stolens as well as rhizomes
Excellent on close mowing
Quick recovery from wear
Used in most Non-ryegrass mixtures eg bowling greens & ornamental lawns

Hard Fescue
Very drought resistant and slow-growing
Good in infertile, acid or salty soils
Do not cut too short
Incorporated in landscape mixtures.