Celestial Strong Creeping Red Fescue

 

Celestial Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Rated #1 in Three NTEP Categories!
Summer Density - Red Thread Resistance
- Winter Color

 

CELESTIAL Strong Creeping Fescue represents the latest generation of synthetic fine fescue cultivars that promise to expand greatly the usage of this species. At home in sun or partial shade, CELESTIAL represents that best in low maintenance turfs for use in home lawns, parks, and golf courses. Because of its fine leaf texture and darkest of green colors, it is highly recommended that CELESTIAL be included in mixtures with Perennial Ryegrass and Kentucky bluegrass up to 40%.

CELESTIAL shows strong seedling vigor upon emergence and was rated at the top of its class in spring green-up, and spring & summer density. It has the best winter color and is resistant to many turf diseases such as leaf spot and red thread.

In environmentally sensitive areas or on golf course roughs for that “dunes” look, CELESTIAL was the top rated fine fescue when rated under non-mowed conditions, making it do “double-duty” as an ornamental grass!

RED THREAD RATINGS

of Fineleaf Fescue Cultivars
2004 Data
Red Thread Ratings 1-9; 9 = no disease

Name Mean
CELESTIAL 5.9
Audubon 5.8
Shademaster 5.6
Boreal 5.1
LSD Value 0.8

SUMMER DENSITY

Ratings of Strong Creeping
Red Fescue Cultivars
2004 Data

Name Mean
CELESTIAL 7.4
Audubon 6.7
Boreal 6.6
Shademaster 6.1
LSD Value 0.6

WINTER COLOR

of Strong Creeping Red Fescue Cultivars
2004 Data Winter Color Ratings 1-9;
9=complete color retention
Name Mean
CELESTIAL 7.0
Audubon 6.2
Shademaster 4.8
Boreal 4.7
LSD Value 1.0

HIGHER GROUND™ QualityMowing Height: 1-3 inches

Seeding Rate: 8-10 lbs per 1000 sq feet

Fertilization: 1-3 lbs of Nitrogen per year (with Fall Fertilization emphasized)

Celestial Acrobat® PDF Documents Filename and Size
Celestial Brochure TMI_CelestialRF.pdf, 256kb
   
TMI NTEP Performance Brochure TMI_NTEP_Performance.pdf, 672k
TMI Overseeding Brochure TMI_Overseeding.pdf, 148k
TMI Sod Quality Brochure TMI_NTEP_Performance.pdf, 436k
   

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