ESTELLE
Lolium perenne
- Very slow growth for Lawn
- High persistency and recovery from wear
- Excellent density + fineness
- Good disease tolerance
Top-ranked on the restrictive Dutch Grasgids list for Lawn use
With very good scores for density, fineness and slow growth ESTELLE qualifies for high performance in lawn trials.
STRI (UK) performance is high for Lawn as well as for Sport purpose
The excellent density, fineness and visual merit are confirmed in STRI Lawn trials.
In the Sport trials, the very good recovery from wear is combined with a high visual merit, density and fineness.
Versatile component for mixtures
All in all a versatile variety that will perform well in mixtures for lawn and sport purposes.
The colour is medium green.
The very slow growth observed in the Dutch trials is an extra advantage for low maintenance lawns.
Technical Specifications
- Perennial ryegrass
Versatile persistent, fine-leaved, dense and slow growing variety
- Listed/recommended in EU NL UK
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Specification and ratings
Performance for Lawn
Source: Grasgids 2017 (NL)Scale: 1-9, 9 = best
| Variety | Average catalog | Estelle |
| Persistency | 8,3 | 8,6 |
| Density | 8,1 | 8,3 |
| Fineness | 7,8 | 8,1 |
| Slow growth | 7,7 | 8,1 |
STRI performance Sport
Turfgrass Seed 2017 table S1Scale 1-9, 9 = best
| Cultivar | Average catalog | Estelle |
| Live gr.cov. | 6,8 | 7,2 |
| Visual merit | 6,8 | 7,5 |
| Recovery | 6,5 | 7,8 |
| Density | 6,7 | 7,6 |
| Fine-ness | 6,5 | 7,6 |
| Red thread | 5,8 | 6,2 |
STRI performance Lawn
Turfgrass Seed 2017 table L1Scale 1-9, 9 = best
| Cultivar | Average catalog | Estelle |
| Shoot density | 6,8 | 8,0 |
| Fineness of leaf | 6,6 | 7,8 |
| Visual merit | 6,8 | 8,1 |
| Mean | 6,6 | 7,3 |