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!
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
Verified by RadiMax
Severe spring and summer drought is faced more often than ever by Professional turf managers. Together with Copenhagen University DLF is testing the root architecture and drought tolerance in the advanced screening facility RadiMax. - ESSENTIAL is Verified by RadiMax.
Technical Specifications
- Tall fescue
ESSENTIAL does more than just the essential!
- Listed/recommended in EU BY FR IT RU TR UK
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Essentially unbeatable..
Source: Bulletin Gazon Geves 2011| Amalia | Divyna | Montserrat | Essential | |
| Wear summer | 7,0 | 7,2 | 6,7 | 7,8 |
| Density | 7,6 | 8,0 | 7,9 | 8,6 |
| Fineness | 3,9 | 4,0 | 4,6 | 5,3 |
| Winter Aspect | 5,2 | 4,8 | 4,3 | 5,4 |
| Summer Aspect | 6,4 | 6,7 | 6,2 | 6,9 |
| Leaf Spot Tolerance | 7,2 | 7,1 | 7,4 | 7,7 |
| Fusarium Patch Tolerance | 6,9 | 6,1 | 6,2 | 7,3 |
| Colour | 4,7 | 5,4 | 8,0 | 7,6 |