Best Turf Varieties:
Varieties Recommnedations for Bluegrass, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue, Ryegrass and Buffalograss
Outline
- Recommendations for Kentucky Bluegrass
- Recommnedations for Turf-Type Tall Fescue
- Recommnedations for Fine Fescue
- Recommendations for Perennial Ryegrass
- Recomendatnios for Buffalograss
Recommendations for Kentucky Bluegrasses
America Arcadia Avalanche Award Awesome Bedazzled Bewitched Bordeaux Brilliant Cheetah Diva Everest |
Full Moon |
NuGlade |
Cultivar names in BOLD have exhibited better traffic tolerance
Recommendations for Turf-Type Tall Fescues
3rd millennium SRP |
Firecracker LS |
Renovate |
Recommendations for Fine Fescues
Chewing |
Creeping |
Hard |
Sheep’s |
Ambassador |
Aberdeen |
Berkshire |
Quatro |
Recommendations for Perennial Ryegrasses
1G squared |
Forever |
Phenom |
Recommendations for Buffalograss
Seeded Varieties (will be a mixture of male and female plants)
- Bison
- Bowie
- Cody
- Plains
- Topgun
The varieties Texoka and Sharp's Improved will produce a lesser quality lawn. Certain varieties of buffalograss are only available in vegetative form (sod or plugs).
Vegetative Varieties female only; planted as sod or plugs)
- Prairie (likely to winterkill in northern CO)
- 609 (may suffer winter injury/winterkill in northern CO)
- Legacy
- Prestige
- Turffalo
These varieties will form the best quality buffalograss lawn, but are more expensive than using the seeded cultivars.
Additional Information
CMG GardensNotes on Lawn Care and Selection
- Basic Turf Management Practices, #551
- Broadleaf Weed Control in Lawns, #552
- Dog Urine Damage on Lawns: Causes, Cures and Prevention, #553
- Earthworm and Nightcrawlers in the Home Lawn, #554
- Turfgrass Species Selection Guidelines, #561
- Best Turf Varieties: Variety Recommendations for Bluegrass, Ryegrass, Tall Fescue, Fine Fescue, Buffalograss and Bermudagrass, #562
- Hybrid (Kentucky X Texas) Bluegrass for Turf Use in Colorado, #563
- Fine Fescues for Lawns, #564
- Buffalograss Lawns, #565
- Sources of Grass Seed, Sod, and Plugs for Colorado Lawns, #566
- References and Review Questions: Turf Management, #550
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Revised December 2010