Amenity Straight Grasses
Common Bent
Agrostis capillaris
Creeping Bent
Agrostis stolonifera
Chewings Fescue
Festuca rubra commutata
Hard Fescue
Festuca Trachyphylla
Perennial Ryegrass
Lolium perenne
Rough Stalked Meadowgrass
Poa trivialis
Sheeps Fescue
Festuca ovina
Slender Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra litoralis
Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass
Poa pratensis
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Festuca rubra rubra
Tall Fescue (Amenity Type)
Festuca arundinacea
Also available:
Brown Top Bent – Agrostis Tenuis
Annual Ryegrass (Turf Type) – Loilum multiflorum
Dip (Diploid) and Tet (Tetraploid)
A Diploid has two chromosomes per cell, therefore less cell content relative to cell wall material, resulting in a higher level of dry matter. Diploids are mainly used in permanent pastures due to high tiller rates and durability.
A Tetraploid has four chromosomes per cell, therefore more cell content relative to cell wall material, resulting in a lower level of dry matter. For this reason, Tetraploids tend to be sweeter and more palatable with a higher nutritional value.
Annual and Perennial
An Annual is a plant that germinates, flowers and dies in a year or one season.
A Perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. They grow and bloom over the spring and summer and die back during the winter.