AMENITY GRASS SEED and Wildflower Catalogue www.lgseeds.co.uk/designer CONTENTS HEADSTART® GOLD 4 WINTER SPORTS & HORSE RACING 6 SUMMER SPORTS 10 GOLF AND BOWLS 12 SEED QUALITY - LANDSCAPE WITH RYEGRASS 18 IT’S IN THE BAG! If you want your grass to perform to the highest level, it is vital to start LANDSCAPE WITHOUT RYEGRASS 26 with a high quality technical mixture, and in today’s marketplace, this is not always easy. TURF PRODUCTION 30 The latest Designer range contains cultivars and mixtures that have been formulated to meet the demands of the modern Turf Manager, using the following performance standards: WILDFLOWERS 32 • Proven in the UK and European climates, Designer uses the latest cultivars, tested at the BSPB trials at Bingley and in European trialling centres. COLOUR SPLASH 40 • Designer uses top quality seed for very high germination and purity; more seeds, less weeds! SOWING RATES 46 • Designer seed undergoes a comprehensive quality control programme in our state of the art seed testing laboratory to ensure it exceeds industry standards. KEY CONTACTS 47 • Quality bonus - all Designer Seed is coated with our HEADSTART® GOLD non-toxic seed treatment to help ensure that each mixture gets off to the best possible start. Molybdenum (Mo) Phosphorus (P) n Essential trace element n Essential for photosynthesis for initial growth and synthesis oils, sugars, n Required for enzymes starches and enzymes that are involved with n Ensures rapid rooting Biostimulants protein formation n Enhances stress resistance n Promote the supply of nutrients Copper (Cu) Sulphur (S) n Ensure efficient n Important trace n Basic building block for use of nutrients element for re-growth production of proteins, n Prevent deficiency n Part of enzymes in hormones & vitamins of trace elements photosynthesis / metabolism Enzyme Activity n Stimulates production n Stimulates growth of of lignin rigid cell walls Seaweed roots/shoots Your key to the successful establishment of all grass areas. Extract with n Provides energy to The revolutionary natural grass seed treatment that ensures start photosynthesis High Cytokinin rapid germination. Content n Promotes cell ® HEADSTART GOLD is the latest in performance-enhancing grass seed coatings for division & sports fields, golf courses, lawns and amenity turf. metabolism n Leads to faster ® HEADSTART GOLD is a biological germination accelerator which is the second germination generation of the original HEADSTART® formula. HEADSTART® GOLD has been further developed and improved in a number of different ways through research, testing and field trials work. HEADSTART® GOLD includes major and micro nutrients which include Phosphorus, Sulphur, Copper and Molybdenum. These nutrients stimulate root formation, development and growth, ensuring that the seedling grass plant develops a strong root system during the critical start-up phase. This leads to better access to moisture and nutrients and makes the grass seedling stronger and more resistant to stress. In a short time, HEADSTART® GOLD can help you by giving faster germination, creating stronger roots and ultimately, healthier and stronger amenity turf. The improved seed technology of HEADSTART® GOLD works to help improve amenity grass establishment in all situations. This, along with quality Designer seed, gives sports and amenity turf the best possible start. HEADSTART® GOLD comes as standard on all Designer seed mixtures. Designer seed offers the highest quality seed in germination and purity standards, meeting the high demands and expectations of today's professional grass users. All mixtures are All mixtures are treated with treated with ACTION REPLAY PREMIER SPORT Winter Sports and Horse Racing CYRENA % Winter Sports and Horse Racing COLUMBINE % Perennial Ryegrass Perennial Ryegrass An excellent mixture to use when renovating 35 A superb mixture to use when constructing and 35 winter sports pitches and high wear areas. MELBOURNE % renovating football and rugby pitches. Premier CYRENA % Perennial Ryegrass Perennial Ryegrass Action Replay will germinate and establish 25 Sport will produce a hard wearing sward for all 30 COLUMBINE % HEIDRUN very quickly, producing a dense, hard-wearing Perennial Ryegrass 20 heavy duty sports areas. Strong Creeping % sward. Red Fescue 20 NAGANO % Perennial Ryegrass 20 MIRACLE % Benefits & Uses: Benefits & Uses: Smooth Stalked Meadow Grass 15 • Fast germination SOWING RATE: • High wear areas 35 - 50g/m2 • Hard wearing • Fast germination SOWING RATE: PACK SIZE: 35 - 50g/m2 Good disease resistance Good disease resistance • 10kg and 20kg • PACK SIZE: Excellent renovation mixture for General sports grounds • MOWING HEIGHT: • 10kg and 20kg football and rugby areas 20mm • Excellent renovation mixture for MOWING HEIGHT: • Racecourses and gallops football and rugby areas 20mm 6 7 All mixtures are treated with QUICKSPORT Winter Sports and Horse Racing TETRAMAGIC Tetraploid Perennial % A winter sports mixture suitable for all Ryegrass 35 renovations of football and rugby pitches and CORAIL other high wear areas. Quicksport produces a Strong Creeping % Red Fescue 30 fine, dense and hard-wearing sward. PLATINUM % Perennial Ryegrass Benefits & Uses: 20 COLUMBINE % • Fast germination Perennial Ryegrass 15 • Hard-wearing mixture Fast recovery from damage SOWING RATE: • 35 - 50g/m2 • Excellent renovation mixture for football and rugby pitches PACK SIZE: 20kg Racecourses and gallops • MOWING HEIGHT: 20mm 8 All mixtures are All mixtures are treated with treated with WICKET RENOVATION OUTFIELDS Summer Sports CYRENA % Summer Sports CYRENA % Perennial Ryegrass Perennial Ryegrass This mixture contains a blend of fine-leaved, 40 A quality mixture that will produce a 30 fast to germinate, quick recovering ryegrasses MELBOURNE % fine-leaved, dense sward for use on tennis TROPHY % Perennial Ryegrass Chewings Fescue that have good wear tolerance. 30 courts and cricket outfields. 25 NAGANO % COLUMBINE % Perennial Ryegrass Perennial Ryegrass Ideal for cricket square overseeding and end of 30 Benefits & Uses: 20 the season renovation. SMIRNA Tennis courts Slender Creeping % SOWING RATE: • Red Fescue 20 Benefits & Uses: 35 - 50g/m2 Sportsfields • HIGHLAND PACK SIZE: % Overseeding Cricket outfields Browntop Bent • 10kg and 20kg • 5 Cricket square renovation • MOWING HEIGHT: 5mm SOWING RATE: • Wicket end repair 35 - 50g/m2 PACK SIZE: 10kg and 20kg MOWING HEIGHT: 13mm 10 11 All mixtures are All mixtures are treated with treated with GREENS GREEN BAIZE Golf and Bowls NIKKY % Golf and Bowls NIKKY % Chewings Fescue Chewings Fescue A high quality traditional 80:20 greens mixture 40 This mixture will establish quickly producing 55 that produces a dense, fine-leaved, attractive TROPHY % a fine, dense surface that is tolerant of close SMIRNA Chewings Fescue Slender Creeping % sward with good colour throughout the year. 40 mowing with good disease resistance. Red Fescue 25 HIGHLAND % Browntop Bent 20 ARLETTA % Benefits & Uses: Benefits & Uses: Browntop Bent 10 High disease resistance Good shoot density HIGHLAND % • SOWING RATE: • Browntop Bent 2 10 • Traditional mix 35g/m • Good disease resistance Fine, dense sward PACK SIZE: Tolerates close mowing • 10kg and 20kg • SOWING RATE: Tolerates close mowing Fine, dense sward 35g/m2 • MOWING HEIGHT: • Golf and bowling greens 5mm Golf and bowling greens PACK SIZE: • • 10kg and 20kg MOWING HEIGHT: 5mm 12 13 All mixtures are All mixtures are treated with treated with ELITE GREEN FINE TEES & FAIRWAYS Golf and Bowls SEFTON % Golf Fairways and Roughs HEIDRUN Browntop Bent Strong Creeping % An excellent, all bent grass bowling and golf 70 An excellent non-ryegrass tees and fairways Red Fescue 50 renovation mixture that produces a fine, dense, JORVIK % mixture that will produce a dense, attractive Browntop Bent 20 CALDRIS % hard-wearing surface. fine sward that emerges quickly following Chewings Fescue 25 ARLETTA % Browntop Bent divotting and recovers rapidly from damage. SMIRNA Benefits & Uses: 10 Slender Creeping % Red Fescue 25 Renovation of golf and bowling greens Benefits & Uses: • SOWING RATE: 8g/m2 Non-ryegrass, tees and fairways • Tolerant of close mowing • SOWING RATE: 2 • Produces fine, dense turf PACK SIZE: • Dense sward 30 - 50g/m 10kg and 20kg • High disease resistance • Fine appearance PACK SIZE: MOWING HEIGHT: 10kg and 20kg Excellent autumn overseeding mixture 4mm • Suitable for sustainable golf • management MOWING HEIGHT: 15mm • Excellent mix for overseeding golf fairways and roughs 14 15 All mixtures are treated with TEES Golf CYRENA % Perennial Ryegrass Produces a fine, strong, attractive surface that 30 CORAIL recovers quickly from club head damage due Strong Creeping % to the high percentage of rhizomatous grasses Red Fescue 20 present. TROPHY % Chewings Fescue 20 Benefits & Uses: VENICE % Perennial Ryegrass Fast germination 20 • CALDRIS % • High percentage of Ryegrasses Chewings Fescue 10 • Good disease resistance Quick recovery SOWING RATE: • 35g/m2 Dense sward • PACK SIZE: 20kg MOWING HEIGHT: 15mm 16 All mixtures are All mixtures are treated with treated with PRIZE LAWN SUBURBAN Landscape with Ryegrass CYRENA % Landscape with Ryegrass CORAIL Perennial Ryegrass Strong Creeping % A high quality lawn and landscape mixture with 30 An excellent multipurpose lawn and landscape Red Fescue 35 ryegrass that produces a fine, dense sward with CALDRIS % mixture that establishes quickly with high wear Chewings Fescue 25 NAGANO % good colour and wear tolerance. tolerance and good appearance. Perennial Ryegrass 30 NAGANO