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Herald/Festuca rubra rubra

Strong creeping red fescue
Very dense and fineleaved with good persistency

Rating
DensityColourWinterhardnessTolerance to close mowing

High self-repairing capacity
Broad disease tolerance
Darker green colour
Dense and fineleaved with rusticity


High shoot density and very fine leaves

Strong creeping red fescue is not as dense as slender or chewings' fescue. But Herald is a good compromise showing both high fineness and very high density along with the rusticity of strong creepers.

Colour

Herald is darker than average and can be added to mixtures with recent darker green ryegrasses and bluegrasses for instance.

Herald defends itself against diseases

To further consolidate the rusticity Herald shows good broad disease tolerance.

Self-repairing

With the help of short and long rhizomes Herald is an active partner for repairing of damaged areas.


Strengths of Herald. Scale 1-9, 9 = better/darker
Source: French 'Bulletin Gazon' 2008. 1-9=best, darkest