Sports or ornamental? Answer: Both!
Combining high visual merit with super wear tolerance.
CHARDIN is ranked as one of the best varieties of perennial ryegrass in simulated sport management in the STRI trials (UK).
Clean cut
We are light years from dessicated leaf tips of varieties that were popular years ago! CHARDIN will fit into even the highest prestige ornamental lawns as well as premier league sport pitches.
Confirmed results
The very high wear tolerance, fineness, outstanding winter visual merit and also summer performance are confirmed in official French tests.
Rusts won't disturb the high level visual merit
CHARDIN has excellent rust tolerance on the French list!
Turfgrass Seed 2024
|
|||||||||
| Cultivar | Shoot Density | Fineness of Leaf | Slow Regrowth | Visual Merit | Mean | Resistance to Red Thread | Cleanness of Cut | Winter Greenness | Summer Greenness |
| Chardin | 7.3 | 7.6 | 5.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| Mean of all | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.4 | 7.0 | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.7 |
Turfgrass Seed 2024
|
|||||||||
| Cultivar | Live Ground Cover | Visual Merit | Mean | Recovery | Shoot Density | Fineness of Leaf | Resistance to Red Thread | Winter Greenness | Summer Greenness |
| Chardin | 7.0 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Mean of all | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.8 |
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.
Perched on the Welsh coastline, Abersoch Golf Club has always lived at the mercy of the elements. Managing those ever-changing conditions for the last 37 years is Head Greenkeeper Arthur Evans who, in recent years, has found a combination of the right grass seed mixture and expert advice has transformed the condition and resilience of the 18-hole course - that combination being Johnsons J Sustain Fairway from DLF.
As a busy multi-sport facility, resilience of surfaces at Bristol University isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity. Helping Grounds Manager Matt Carroll deliver consistent, high-quality pitches for winter and summer sports are mixtures from the Johnsons Sports Seed range, producing performance he and his team of four can rely on season after season.
Despite a year of challenging weather, Bristol Golf Club has seen a remarkable improvement in its playing surfaces and overall visitor experience thanks to innovative seed solutions from DLF. The team, led by Course Manager Dave Taylor, introduced Johnsons J 4Turf 50 across all 27 tees in early 2025 which has gone on to demonstrate outstanding resilience and strong performance, coping with the pressures of a busy championship course.