LAVERDA
Festuca rubra rubra
- Improved visual merit during summer
- Very high shoot density
- Needle-thin fine leaves
- Good disease tolerance
- Salt tolerant
Excellent visual merit
The overall visual merit is high, and with an improvement during the summer months that makes LAVERDA a perfect choice for ornamental mixtures for parks and homelawns.
The colour of leaves is medium green.
Tolerance to several diseases
The visual aspect is defended by good tolerance to common diseases like Microdochium patch, fusarium blight, leaf spot and red thread disease.
Wear and tear tolerance
LAVERDA shows improved tolerance to wear, allowing to include it for use in lawns exposed to traffic, play & game.
The abundant production of rhizomes helps recolonising bare spots and is enhancing the persistency.
Technical Specifications
- Strong creeping red fescue
Dense & fine leaved with improved visual merit in summer
- Listed/recommended in EU FR UK
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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.
Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Rhizomatous growth stabilises root zones and provides some recovery from damage. This species is used in turf production for binding.