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Arena I turf perennial ryegrass is an all-purpose, highly winter active, ‘Mediterranean-type’ turf grass that is ideally suited to winter sports fields, or areas subject to high wear. Arena I also has the unique ability to germinate quickly under low temperatures down to 5°C. It establishes rapidly and reliably, especially in cooler conditions.

• Increased wear recovery
• Winter active
• Low temperature germination
• Rapid establishment
• Contains endophyte

Centurion is a mid-dark green, fine leaved turf perennial ryegrass with good year-round growth that forms an attractive turf at cutting heights down to 12 mm. The aesthetic qualities of Centurion make it ideal for any situations requiring a close-cut, high-density turf surface.

• Fine leaf
• Clean cutting
• Forms dense turf
• Mid-dark green colour
• Contains endophyte

Colosseum is a medium-fine, mid-green, perennial ryegrass that is a cross between Mediterranean and American genetics. The Mediterranean genetics gives the turf active winter growth in cooler weather and rapid germination, especially in cold temperatures down to 5°C.

• Fast germination
• Winter active Mediterranean genetics
• Wear resistance and recovery
• Attractive glossy mid-green colour
• Contains endophyte

Fiesta Cinco perennial ryegrass demonstrates the highest turf quality overall at all locations of the 2016 NTEP Perennial Ryegrass trials. Fiesta Cinco has a very dark green colour with superior winter colour retention. This variety also has superior resistance to Crown Rust and Pink Snow Mould and very high resistance to Gray Leaf Spot and Red Thread.

• Superior Turf Quality
• Very Dark Green Colour
• Superior Disease Resistance
• Excellent Wear Tolerance

Soprano is an attractive, very dark green, perennial ryegrass with outstanding density and fineness making it a great choice for lawns, golf courses and sports fields. Soprano has good resistance to summer diseases allowing it to maintain high quality in humid conditions over summer.

• Exceptional very dark green colour
• Forms a dense, fine turf of high quality
• Retains good quality in humid summer conditions
• Rapid speed of establishment for a dark cultivar

Spartacus is a medium dark green turf perennial ryegrass with good density and fineness and an outstanding lively green colour retention with absence of browning. Excellent yearround colour and scores well in trials for both density and fineness.

• Speed of establishment
• Medium dark green
• Contains endophyte
• Excellent year-round colour
• Absence of browning

Arrowtown is an elite browntop, being significantly finer and denser than Egmont, Manor and Sefton browntop. Arrowtown recovers rapidly from renovation and is an excellent choice for golf greens. Arrowtown has good year-round quality and is best suited to closer mown, high maintenance situations such as greens, tees and fairways.

• Exceptionally fine and dense
• Good year-round quality
• Recovers rapidly from renovation
• Medium green foliage colour
• Especially suited to short mown turf such as golf greens

A very fine-leaved browntop, highly suitable for close mown surfaces such as golf greens, tees and elite amenity areas. Medium-green colour with excellent year-round visual quality.

• Excellent shoot density
• Extremely fine-leaved
• Top performer in STRI (BSPB) trials in 2019
• Latest cultivar released by PGG Wrightson Turf

Egmont is a dark green colour, fine leaved browntop suitable for high quality, closely mown golf greens. It can also be used on golf fairways and tees, as well as longer cut surrounds and roughs. It is also a perfect choice to create a low maintenance quality lawn. Egmont has performed exceptionally well for all these purposes for over 35 years and continues to be an industry standard throughout the world.

• Provides exceptional quality as a golf green
• Excellent quality as fairway, tee or lawn grass
• Proven top performer for over 30 years
• Dark green colour and fine leaf texture

Macdonald creeping bentgrass is a high quality turfgrass for greens and was developed for high resistance to many diseases including Dollar Spot, Anthracnose, Brown Patch and Pink Snow mould.

• Superior creeping bentgrass for putting surfaces
• Rapid establishment for interseeding
• Excellent Dollar Spot and Brown Patch resistance
• Resistant to Poa annua invasion

The fineness and density of Manor browntop produces putting greens of outstanding quality. It displays a light green colour which aids the masking of Poa annua present in a sward. Manor browntop can be used for greens, tees, fairways and roughs and is also a good choice for low or high maintenance lawns where superior quality is desired.

• Outstanding fineness and density
• Light green colour which helps mask Poa annua invasion
• Can be used for all parts of a golf course
• Especially suitable for greens
• Suitable for low or high maintenance lawns

Pure Distinction is the latest advanced bentgrass from Pure-Seed Testing. It has a rich heritage that includes legendary Penncross and the groundbreaking Penn A’s and G’s. Uniquely bright green coloured, Pure Distinction takes the attributes of these bents – dense, upright, and aggressive growth, less thatch and easy maintenance – to the next level. 

• Excellent resistance to bacterial wilt, brown patch, fusariumpatch, anthracnose and leaf spot
• Great resistance to dollar spot
• Excellent heat, cold and wear tolerance
• Recovers quickly

Sefton is exceptionally fine and dense with a light green colour. It is especially suitable for golf greens where its fineness and density can be exhibited. Its light green colour helps to mask Poa annua and other grass weed invasion. Sefton can be used in all parts of a golf course - greens, tees, fairways and roughs. It makes a high quality lawn under either high or low maintenance.

• Exceptionally fine and dense
• Light green colour which helps mask Poa annua invasion
• Especially suitable for greens
• Can be used for all parts of a golf course
• Suitable for low or high maintenance lawns

Governors creeping red fescue is a medium-textured, midgreen fine fescue, bred from New Zealand genetic material. It has the outstanding ability to retain a green colour and grow actively over winter when other fine fescues become dormant and exhibit brown dead material. Governors is ideally used in situations such as golf course roughs, where the mowing height is above 50 mm.

• Ideal for unmown areas
• Companion species in seed blends
• New Zealand bred

Requires less water and chemicals to achieve optimum turfgrass performance. This drought tolerant and disease resistant variety is good for you and for our environment. Recommended for use in park settings, golf course roughs and fairways, home lawns and landscape areas.

• Drought tolerant
• Dollar spot resistant
• Shade tolerant
• Low fertility requirement
• Underground stems

Minimus hard fescue offers several options on the golf course and in general, natural low maintenance turf areas with A-LIST quality.

• Reduced fertility requirements
• Reduced water usage
• Reduced mowing frequency
• Great for environmentally sensitive sites
• Excellent shade tolerance

This cultivar exhibits a high level of drought tolerance, resulting in lower water usage. It is shade tolerant and performs well in full sun. A minimal amount of fertiliser is required to keep a healthy turf. Recommended for use in home lawns, parks, reclamation sites and golf courses.

• Drought tolerant
• Maintains cover, dark colour and top quality
• Dollar spot resistant
• Shade tolerant
• Low fertility requirement

Currawong II produces a low growing dense sward and can be used in any situation where a premium turf-type tall fescue is required. These situations include sports fields, parks, home lawns, sod farms and golf course roughs.

• Bred for Australasian conditions
• Year-round performance
• Attractive glossy, medium dark green colour
• Dwarf growth habit
• Contains endophyte

Lagertha was bred from advanced American material developed over many years by Rutgers University. In New Zealand a selection was undertaken for turf performance, disease resistance and adaption by turf breeder Louise Carpenter.

• Moderately fine, dense turf type tall fescue
• Dark green with excellent colour retention
• Excellent persistence without irrigation
• Contains endophyte
• Mowing height between 50 - 150 mm

TransContinental seeded bermudagrass can be used in a wide variety of situations from sportsfields, parks, schools, home, commercial turf, roadsides and erosion control.

• Excellent drought tolerance
• Very good traffic tolerance and recovery
• Improved winter survival over most seeded bermudagrass varieties
• Quick spring green-up

Whittet kikuyu is a spring/summer/autumn growing grass suitable for lawns, fairways and sporting fields. Whittet shows rapid summer growth, good drought tolerance, supression of undersirable weeds and is very responsive to nitrogen fertiliser.

• Rapid summer growth
• Drought tolerance
• Suppression of undesirable weeds

Kentucky Bluegrass is a cool season lawn grass which spreads via rhizomes to form a dense sod and grows best during cool, moist weather on well-drained, fertile soils with a pH between 6 and 7.

• Cold tolerant grass seed
• Performs well in high traffic, moderate shade and sunny areas
• Rhizomatous self-repairs from heat, drought and traffic damage
• Low moisture requirement once established