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Cool Season Turfgrass Varieties

A-1 Bentgrass Variety Producers
BLACK BEAUTY was developed by Cascade Research and is a seed blend of three different grasses: Ebony, Taos, and Black Magic. This dark green grass as a thicker cuticle layer covering the leaves which assist in a more drought, heat and cold, disease, and abuse tolerate plant. It has an upright growth habit and a low growing crown. Establishment is more difficult and germination is slower. Initial growth is slower which requires less mowing and fertilizing. Variety Producers
CRENSHAW is a creeping bentgrass developed by Texas A&M University. It has exceptional heat tolerance, bright green color, dense texture, aggressive vertical growth, brown patch resistance and produces less grain. US PROTECTED VARIETY and can be sold only as a Class of Certified Seed - 1994 PVPA. Variety Producers
JOHN DEERE SELECT is a fescue/bluegrass blend of fescue varieties ‘Shenandoah 2’, ‘Scorpion’, and ‘Finelawn Elite’, with ‘Princeton P105’ Kentucky bluegrass. This brand is marketed by John Deere Landscapes. Variety Producers
PIEDMONT PRIDE is a proprietary fescue-bluegrass blend marketed by Slater Turf Farm. Variety Producers
PIEDMONT PRIDE PLUS Variety Producers
SODMAN brand is marketed by Buy Sod. Sodman is a blend of tall fescue varieties ‘Shenandoah 2’, ‘Gazelle’, and ‘Falcon 2.’ Variety Producers
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