Hardtop

Ultimate low input fescue with excellent shade tolerance

Extremely shade tolerant.
Good resistance to red thread under low N input regimes.
Dark green colour with beautiful fine leaf texture.
Extremely good winter hardiness and recovery in spring.
Drought tolerance.
Close mowing tolerance down to 5 mm.
Wide application possibilities in Europe.

Hardtop is a Barenbrugs top hard fescue variety for lower maintenance use in mixtures for golf and ornamental purposes. Hardtop has an outstanding ever green colour during winter for all climate zones in Europe! Both shade, low inputs, drought and (severe) coldness are no problem for Hardtop. Moreover, Hardtop proved to withstand a close mowing level of 5 mm very well, allowing to be used on golf greens as well…!

Application
Hardtop is suitable for:

Home and park lawns
Other low maintenance landscaping areas
Fairways
(semi) Roughs
Golf greens
Surrounds / aprons
Turf production

Colour and leaf texture
Dark green very fine leaved variety.

Partner varieties in mixtures
Hardtop has been extensively tested in private trials at STRI UK and Hohenheim University in Germany and during several small trials in other countries like Italy, France, Poland and Russia. All trials showed the signifi cant ornamental value of Hardtop in summer and winter. STRI in Bingley (UK) showed its extraordinary value on golf greens.

Best combinations were found with Festuca rubra spps. such as Barcrown, Viktorka and Barswing. Other combinations are with Festuca ovina tenuifolia (sheeps fescue) and Poa pratensis varieties.

Additional features

Characteristics

	Speed of establishment
	Self recovery capacity
	Green up after winter
	Resistance to dollar spot
	Less irrigation required
	Less frequent mowing possible
	Close mowing tolerance
	Fineness of leaves
	Colour darkness
	Fusarium resistance
	Resistance to red thread
	Less fertilizer required
	Cool temperature germination