Barvado

Enhanced Brown Patch tolerance!

Superior Brown Patch (tolerance).
Dark green color.
High drought tolerance, minimal irrigation required!
Superior resistance to brown patch.
Good colour in autumn.
Fast green up after winter.
Medium leaf texture / dwarf growth habit.

Barvado combines an excellent turf quality with a superior tolerance to Brown Patch. Barvado was developed from plants that survived a brown patch (Rhizoctonia) epidemic. Barvado can further be characterized as a dark green variety being highly ranked in NTEP trials. It is a medium fine leaved variety with a semi dwarf growth habit. Thanks to endophytes Barvado shows an improved disease and insect resistance.

Application
Barvado is a versatile Festuca arundinacea variety suitable for:

Ornamental lawns
General landscaping
Turf production
Sport – Golf courses: fairways and tees
Football and rugby pitches

Colour
Dark-green coloured tall fescue variety.

Partner varieties in mixtures
Barvado has been extensively tested in private trials at Barenbrug Research in the USA, Netherlands, France and Italy. For landscape, fairway and tee applications, Barvado mixes well with Poa pratensis and Lolium perenne species, and in warm dry areas preferably with drought-tolerant varieties such as Barimpala, Barblack and Pinnacle II. More continental areas are best covered with partners such as Bariris and Barminton or Barfriso.

Additional features

Characteristics

	Less irrigation required
	Less frequent mowing possible
	Speed of establishment
	Self recovery capacity
	Tolerance to brown patch
	Less nitrogen required
	Germination energy at low temperature
	Wear tolerance
	Fineness of leaves
	Colour darkness