Landscapes - General Amenity Turf
1. Arena
Arena is widely used in landscaping for its consistency and reliability. It’s used on public parks, domestic lawns, business and science parks, and commercial landscaping.
Arena contains the latest varieties of dwarf ryegrasses to give a really tough, hard wearing turf. Gone are the days of the old types of ryegrass, which were coarse and very fast growing. Today, the modern ryegrasses are fine-leaved, slow growing, and easy to maintain.
Fescue and smoothstalked meadowgrass are included in the mixture to provide the density of sward expected in a high quality turf.
The typical seed mixture used in Arena is:
- 15% Greenway dwarf amenity ryegrass - Lolium perenne
- 15% Greenfair dwarf amenity ryegrass - Lolium perenne
- 20% Broadway smoothstalked meadowgrass - Poa pratensis
- 30% Helena slender creeping red fescue - Festuca rubra litoralis
- 20% Calliope chewings fescue - Festuca rubra commutata
Arena turf is the most commonly used turf in gardens |
Arena turf is versatilie offering wear tolerance and low maintenance as well as looking great |
2. RTF (rhizomatous tall fescue)
RTF turf is a great new development in amenity turf because it can tolerate a wide range of tough conditions:
- drought
- waterlogging
- wear and tear
- salinity
The secret to RTF lies in its roots, which can go down 1.5m into the soil. This is considerably deeper than ryegrass. Such an extensive root system allows the plant to exploit deeper soil water reserves. Even in severe drought, when grass goes brown, RTF will recover very quickly when the first rains come.
RTF has quite a broad leaf, so it's not suitable for fine lawns. But for amenity landscaping it's outstanding. It cuts very well with rotary mulching mowers, and mown at a recommended height of 50-75mm it absorbs the clippings easily.
For more information on RTF please click here.
