CHARDIN

Lolium perenne

  • Excellent rust resistance
  • A sport variety in the skin of an ornamental!
  • Confirmed STRI & French list
  • A clean cut that you can't see!
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Combining high visual merit with super wear tolerance.
CHARDIN is ranked as one of the best varieties of perennial ryegrass in simulated sport management in the STRI trials (UK).

Clean cut
We are light years from dessicated leaf tips of varieties that were popular years ago! CHARDIN will fit into even the highest prestige ornamental lawns as well as premier league sport pitches.

Confirmed results
The very high wear tolerance, fineness, outstanding winter visual merit and also summer performance are confirmed in official French tests.

Rusts won't disturb the high level visual merit
CHARDIN has excellent rust tolerance on the French list!

Technical Specifications

  • Perennial ryegrass
  • Sports or ornamental? Answer: Both!

  • Listed/recommended in FR,NL,UK

Ratings

Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

BSPB Turfgrass List

DLF is proud to have some of the highest STRI rated cultivars, meaning you can feel confident that your turf grass seed has the best chance at creating the elite facilities you are looking for. BSPB is a trade association providing accurately analysed and independently supervised trials for turf seed companies.

Turfgrass Seed 2024
Lawns, Landscaping, Summer Sports and Turf Trials (Mown at 10-15mm)

Cultivar Shoot Density Fineness of Leaf Slow Regrowth Visual Merit Mean Resistance to Red Thread Cleanness of Cut Winter Greenness Summer Greenness
Chardin 7.3 7.6 5.9 7.6 7.1 7.4 7.3 4.9 5.3
Mean of all 7.0 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.8 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.7

Turfgrass Seed 2024
Sports Uses (Mown at 25mm)

Cultivar Live Ground Cover Visual Merit Mean Recovery Shoot Density Fineness of Leaf Resistance to Red Thread Winter Greenness Summer Greenness
Chardin 7.0 7.2 7.1 6.5 7.1 7.4 5.9 5.2 5.0
Mean of all 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.8

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The latest Designer range of grass and wild flower seed contain mixtures and varieties that have been formulated over the last 30 years to withstand the UK climate and demands of the modern day sports and amenity professional. 

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Contact the amenity team

Amenity Team:

Telephone: 01386 791102
Email: amenity@dlf.co.uk

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