EYECANDY
Festuca arundinacea
- Excellent visual merit Summer & Winter
- Deep dark attractive colour
- Very fine leaves and high shoot density
- High disease tolerance to rusts, Microdochium patch and red thread
Top quality visual merit
Eyecandy is very high ranked for the basic features needed for visual merit of turf grasses: Density and fineness of leaf.
Performance during unfavorable seasons
The visual merit is preserved even during dry and warm periods due to the deep rooting and plant architecture.
Also during winter, the turf remains attractive and not very prone to disease attacks.
Wear tolerance and competition with weeds
Eyecandy has good wear tolerance and together with the high density, it leaves few or no options for weeds to install.
Highly persistent, the lawn remains attractive and free of weed invasion for years once installed.
Technical Specifications
- Tall fescue
Visual merit: Candy for the eyes
- Listed/recommended in EU BY FR RU TR
Product information
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Specification and ratings
Characteristics
Source: GEVES 2014 (France)Y-axis: Scale 1-9, 9 = best/darker
| Variety | Eyecandy | Average all varieties |
| Sport Index | 6,7 | 6,4 |
| Winter visual merit | 6,2 | 5,9 |
| Summer visual merit | 6,6 | 6,3 |
| Colour | 7,7 | 6,3 |
| Density | 8,3 | 7,7 |
| Fineness | 5,9 | 5,2 |
| Microdochium patch | 6,2 | 5,9 |
| Rusts | 8,1 | 7,8 |