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ANISTON

#1 for Lawns and good for sport

ANISTON is the top rated lawn variety on the STRI Turfgrass List for 2024

ANISTON has excellent all round appearence with no weakness in any of the main characters of a lawn type variety

ANISTON has very slow regrowth which reduces the costs of both mowing and disposal of clippings

In addition it performs well in sports trials making it suitable for high traffic lawns and landscaping areas

Slow regrowth = less clippings

Excellent overall appearance

Fine leaved

Dense

Ratings

Scale 1-9, where 9 = best or most pronounced

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8

Turfgrass Seed 2024
Lawns, Landscaping, Summer Sports and Turf Trials (Mown at 10-15mm)
Cultivar Shoot Density Fineness of Leaf Slow Regrowth Visual Merit Mean Resistance to Red Thread Cleanness of Cut Winter Greenness Summer Greenness
Aniston 7.4 7.7 7.5 7.6 7.5 5.0 7.3 5.6 6.3
Mean of all 7.0 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.8 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.7

 

Turfgrass Seed 2024
Sports Uses (Mown at 25mm)
Cultivar Live Ground Cover Visual Merit Mean Recovery Shoot Density Fineness of Leaf Resistance to Red Thread Winter Greenness Summer Greenness
Aniston 6.9 6.9 6.9 7.3 6.7 7.3 4.1 5.8 5.9
Mean of all 6.8 6.8 6.8 6.6 6.7 6.6 5.7 5.7 5.8

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DLF is proud to have some of the highest STRI rated cultivars, meaning you can feel confident that your turf grass seed has the best chance at creating the elite facilities you are looking for. BSPB is a trade association providing accurately analysed and independently supervised trials for turf seed companies.

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