Lionel
Lolium perenne
- Selected for high wear performance
- Excellent live ground cover and visual appearance
- Very good wear tolerance
- Good disease resistance
- Highly rated for salt tolerance
Top performance on recommended lists
LIONEL is highly rated for winter sports pitches in both the UK and the Netherlands.
Selected for high wear situations
It was specifically selected in our breeding program for its high performance under heavy wear
Good overall disease resistance
LIONEL offers good overall disease tolerance in particular to Leaf Spot and Crown Rust with the potential to reduce fungicide use.
Salt tolerance
Initial testing shows good tolerance to salt.
Technical Specifications
- Perennial ryegrass
Selected for high wear performance
- Listed/recommended in EU NL UK
Product information
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Specification and ratings
STRI Sports Trials
BSPB/STRI Turfgrass Seed 2024, Sports Uses| Cultivar | Mean of All | Lionel |
| Live Ground Cover | 6.8 | 7.5 |
| Visual Merit | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| Mean | 6.8 | 7.4 |
| Recovery | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Shoot Density | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| Fineness of Leaf | 6.6 | 6.1 |
Performance in SPORT trials
Grasgids 2024| Mean of All | Lionel | |
| Wear Tolerance | 7.8 | 8.1 |
| Resilience | 8.3 | 8.3 |
| Stead-fastness | 8.2 | 8.2 |
| Resistance to Red Thread | 7.2 | 7.3 |
| Resistance to Crown Rust | 7.7 | 7.8 |
| Resistance to Leaf Spot | 8.1 | 8.3 |