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!
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
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
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| 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
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| 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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Species and varieties
We offer a wide range of grass species ideal for stadiums, greens, wickets, land reclamation & landscapes. See all species here.
Perennial Ryegrass
Perennial ryegrass is a high yielding, quality grass. The best varieties are persistent under a grazing management, provided they are well fertilized and managed.