CHLOE

Medium green slow growing wear tolerant variety with very fine leaves.

Good all round variety

A fast establishing, wear tolerant variety with fine leaf and outstanding shoot density and good alround disease tolerance.

CHLOE is ideal for fine turf renovations and other surfaces which demand high wear tolerance and high visual merit

  • Fast establishment
  • High wear tolerance for both winter sport and close mowing
  • Visual merit, including fineness and density is high
  • Good overall disease tolerance
  • Good summer appearance in drier conditions

Ratings

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

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9
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6
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7

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
Chloe 7.6 7.6 6.1 7.7 7.2 6.3 6.2 5.1 5.4
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
Chloe 7.3 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.4 5.9 5.3 5.4
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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