COLUMBINE
Lolium perenne
- Top ranked 'Sport' in Holland, Germany and STRI-UK!
- Fast recovery to maintain live ground cover
- Excellent persistency
- Superior salt tolerance
Sport sport sport...
COLUMBINE is tailored to withstand hard wear, recovery with excellent results even after severe damage, and still able to maintain a very high live ground cover.
Salt tolerant repair mix constituent
COLUMBINE is perfect in repair seed mixtures to revive damaged pitches or playgrounds and to upgrade the pitch towards a surface allowing more playing hours. As an extra +, COLUMBINE has high salt tolerance.
Rough, tough but still fine!
In spite of being dedicated to sports, COLUMBINE is nevertheless, much more fine leaved than 10 year old "ornamental" varieties with very good persistency. A good investment!
Easy establishment but not for weed!
COLUMBINE is very easy to establish. The high live ground reduces weed invasion – including Poa annua.
Technical Specifications
- Perennial ryegrass
Dedicated sport type, with salt tolerance
- Listed/recommended in EU BY DE DK RU UK
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Tolerance and persistency
Source: Grasgids 2011 (NL). Table Sport use.| Average 24 varieties | Columbine | |
| Wear tolerance | 7,8 | 8,1 |
| Persistency | 8,2 | 8,5 |
Excellent results on STRI
Source: STRI Turf grasses 2011 Table S1| Cultivar | Average top-10 | Columbine |
| Live ground cover | 7,7 | 8,0 |
| Visual merit | 7,7 | 7,9 |
| Mean | 7,7 | 7,9 |
| Recovery | 7,4 | 7,8 |
| Shoot density | 7,6 | 7,7 |
| Fineness of leaf | 7,0 | 6,8 |