ESSENTIAL

Festuca arundinacea

  • New milestone in tall fescue breeding
  • Superb visual merit summer as well as winter
  • Excellent tolerance to major turfgrass diseases
  • Fit for all uses where tall fescue is desired!
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It's a strike!
ESSENTIAL knocks down every doubt or worry you might have had – it is simply top scoring for every feature evaluated in official French trials. Much progress has been made in the breeding of tall fescue within the last 20 years, so a big step forward like this is just amazing!

Fully equipped variety!
The quality level of ESSENTIAL sets a new milestone with finer leaf texture, increased shoot density yet not compromising the wear tolerance.

Disease tolerance to secure performance

  • Rust
  • Fusarium blight and fusarium patch
  • Drecslera leaf spot

Technical Specifications

  • Tall fescue
  • ESSENTIAL does more than just the essential!

  • Listed/recommended in AR,CL,FR,IT,RU,TR

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.

Visual merit

Source: Bulletin Gazon Geves 2011

Unbeatable... 1-9,9=best/darkest

Source: Bulletin Gazon Geves 2011

Find the perfect mixture

The Masterline® mixtures are designed for golf courses, stadiums, parks, etc. The mixtures consist of very fine-leafed and dense-growing, quality varieties. For enhanced performance two varieties of each species are always used in the mixtures.

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For over 175 years Johnsons Sports Seed mixtures have been equivalent to quality sports turf with an unequalled reputation for technical excellence, reflecting the standards set by the people who use them - those who lead the way in sports turf management.

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The MM Brand is one of the oldest most respected professional brands in the UK Industry with over 40 years knowledge in grass and wildflower seed. Our product portfolio is second to none with performance proven mixtures, that are used at elite professional stadiums, golf courses and international tennis centres.

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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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