
An exceptional Kentucky Bluegrass exclusivley from: 
An elite strain with a 9 point color rating from:
Arcadia Kentucky Bluegrass
(25% of Kremer's Bluegrass Mix)
Arcadia Kentucky Bluegrass was developed from a
unique cross of Midnight X Limousine Kentucky bluegrasses, and is
classified as a Compact/Midnight type with an aggressive growth habit.
Selected by Seed Research agronomists for its superior performance in
many areas, Arcadia is a dark green, fine textured Kentucky bluegrass
with excellent disease resistance. This variety is a high demand, very
popular bluegrass among sod farms and other elite project managers.
Arcadia is perfectly adapted for golf course fairways and tees down to
1/2 inch, as well as in manicured roughs, parks and sports fields mowed
at heights over 2 inches. With its dense, dark green growth combined
with superior sod strength and excellent performance in the Transition
Zone, Arcadia is an excellent choice for both high traffic areas and
shaded situations. From city parks and ball fields to professional
stadiums, backyard lawns to commercial landscapes, on golf course tees
and fairways, Arcadia alone or blended, is the perfect solution to your
grassing strategies.
Characteristics
Getting turf to look good is the easy part. Getting that same turf to
stand up to constant traffic, high levels of use and abuse is
something else. Arcadia Kentucky Bluegrass is a perfect fit for
everything from sports fields to golf course fairways and tees, as well
as sod production and landscaped lawns. With color ratings equal or
better than Midnight, and distinctive performance characteristics all
its own,
Arcadia gives you beautiful turf that's built for top-notch
performance today, tomorrow and beyond. Top ranked in two NTEP trials
across the USA, Arcadia exhibits superior turf quality under mowing
heights ranging from half-inch golf fairways to 3-inch home lawns. It
has exceptional sod strength and high traffic and wear tolerance.
Arcadia is superior longer, greening up earlier with year-round high
density and low weed invasion. With its high disease, drought and heat
tolerance, Arcadia is built to take the summer sun when other bluegrasses are stressed and brown.
Product Rating
Source: www.SROseed.com
A high performance, high endurance turf sod from: Characteristics
SR 2100 shows good resistance to Summer Patch, Leaf
Spot, Pythium Blight, and Red Thread and good recovery from Yellow
Ring. It has shown excellent resistance to Dollar Spot, which combined
with its drought tolerance and recovery make it a good choice for lower
maintenance sites. The extensive rhizome development on SR 2100 sod
gives it the ability to establish rapidly, withstand adversity and
recover quickly. The high sod tensile strength allows sod containing
this variety to be easily lifted and at a younger age. The sod will
also establish rapidly when placed on site. SR 2100 has shown excellent
drought resistance and rapid recovery. These traits are important for
sod growers, home-owners and professional turf managers. The medium
dark green color combined with its other characteristics makes SR 2100
Kentucky bluegrass ideal for inclusion in blends with other bluegrasses
and perennial rye grasses. Good quantities of high quality seed are available.
History
SR 2100 is an advanced hybrid developed by Dr. C. Reed Funk of
Rutgers University. The mother of SR 2100 was A80-336, an exceptionally
vigorous hybrid from the cross breeding of A-25 and Touchdown. Both of
these Kentucky bluegrasses are vigorous, aggressive turf-type
selections from old turf sites on golf courses in Chicago, IL and
Southampton, NY. A80-336 was pollinated by other Kentucky bluegrasses,
including 'Baron' and 'Julia' varieties, in a greenhouse at Rutgers in
late winter of 1985. An attractive hybrid (H86-683) was identified and
released to Seed Research of Oregon for further evaluation. After much
additional testing and analysis of the genetics, the apomixis level,
the commercial seed yield potential and turf quality at numerous
locations, the variety was released as SR 2100.
A dark green medium to fine leaf grass from: PRO SEEDS
(25% of Kremer's Bluegrass Mix)
Description
Diva is an improved dark green Kentucky bluegrass variety classified
as a "Compact type" of improved Kentucky bluegrass that exhibits a
compact short plant height and medium to fine leaf texture. Diva
exhibits early spring green-up, leaf spot resistance and moderate
susceptibility to billbug. It is a cold hardy, persistent, attractive
grass that through the development of an extensive rhizome system forms
a well-knit, durable sod. It is adapted to a wide range of soils and
climatic conditions.
Application
Diva is an excellent choice for use in elite or utility Kentucky
bluegrass blends for sod producers, sports turf, landscaping, golf
course fairways, tees and roughs. It is also highly recommended for
seed mixtures that contain improved perennial ryegrass, chewing fescue,
hard fescue, sheep fescue, strong creeping red fescue and tall fescue.
Performance
Diva tied for 1st in overall mean turf quality in the 2000 NTEP
Kentucky Bluegrass test conducted across 32 U.S. and Canadian locations
respectively. It also tied for 1st in mean turf quality in regional
tests located in the Northeast and Great Plains regions where Kentucky
bluegrass is the most preferred cool-season turfgrass species. Diva
also exhibits good resistance to leaf spot, summer patch and moderate
resistance to stripe smut, dollar spot and fusarium blight.
Product Rating
Cold Tolerance: Very Good, Drought Tolerance: Good, Traffic Tolerance: Good.
Source: www.ProSeeds.net