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CLEMENTINE

Ornamental variety doing very well on sport turfgrass variety lists!

No matter the cutting height, 5mm, 10mm or 25mm - CLEMENTINE stays on top of the list!

The STRI list is presenting results for three testing protocols corresponding to sport, lawn and green use, with the following cutting heights:

  • 25 mm (sport)
  • 10-15 mm (lawn)
  • 5-7 mm (green)

CLEMENTINE is ranked highly in green and lawn trials. 

The excellence of CLEMENTINE is confirmed in the French trials conducted by GEVES:  1st in sport index out of about 100 varieties. Furthermore, CLEMENTINE stands out with and exceptional fineness and density.

 

  • Unrivaled fineness and density
  • Cut down to green height without problems
  • Despite the top visual merit excellent sport performance
  • Year round high visual merit

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
Clementine 7.8 7.5 8.5 7.5 7.8 5.5 7.4 4.5 4.9
Mean of all 7.0 6.9 6.4 7.0 6.8 5.9 6.3 5.6 5.7

Turfgrass Seed 2024
Close Mown Trials (Mown at 5-7mm)
Cultivar

Shoot Density Ground Cover

 Visual Merit Mean Fineness of Leaf Resistance to Red Thread Winter Greenness Summer Greenness
Clementine 7.1 7.2 7.2 6.5 6.1 5.6 5.3
Mean of all 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.2 5.8 5.8

BSPB Turfgrass Seed List

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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