Grass Seed
Johnsons Range
Countrywide is a main distributor of Johnsons Sports and Wild Flower Seeds. This extensive product range covers all Amenity situations, from high specification golf greens to ornamental lawns.
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Countrywide Range
Cricket Square: All Rye
Ideal on cricket squares that use heavy loams. These cultivars combine deep rooting; high wear tolerance, drought resistance and fineness of leaf. For use over the whole square or just on the crease ends.
Cultivars:
- 50% Cassiopea – Perennial Ryegrass
- 50% Sauvignon – Perennial Ryegrass
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 50-75g/m2
Oversow: 35-50g/m2
Tennis Court – Cricket Square
A traditional mixture that combines the hardwearing characteristics of dwarf leafed perennial ryegrass with the fine leafed fescues. Ideal for cricket squares that use medium clay content loams i.e. village and schools.
Cultivars:
- 50% Sauvignon – Perennial Ryegrass
- 20% Cassiopea – Perennial Ryegrass
- 15% Calliope – Chewings Fescue
- 15% Herald – Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 50-75g/m2
Oversow: 35-50g/m2
Winter Pitches: All Rye
Using three highly rated cultivars this mixture could be used when the highest quality-playing surface is required, combining fineness of leaf with high wear tolerance, speed of germination and a dense sward.
Cultivars:
- 50% Ponderosa – Perennial Ryegrass
- 25% Platinum – Perennial Ryegrass
- 25% Verdi – Perennial Ryegrass
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 50-75g/m2
Oversow: 35-50g/m2
Local Authorities – Winter Pitches: All Rye
Extremely hard wearing this mixture is ideal for construction of new pitches or over-sowing of existing ones. A combination of fast establishment, dense sward and drought tolerance make this an ideal choice for club and local authority pitches. Good value for money and ideal for larger quotations. Could also be used as a general hardwearing/verge mixture.
Cultivars:
- 50% Stravinsky – Perennial Ryegrass
- 25% Platinum – Perennial Ryegrass
- 25% Esquire – Perennial Ryegrass
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 50-75g/m2
Oversow: 35-50g/m2
Golf & Bowling Greens: All Bent
When bent grass only is required. Egmont and Denso are two of the highest rated cultivars available.
Cultivars:
- 50% Egmont – Browntop Bent
- 50% Denso – Browntop Bent
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 10g/m2
Oversow: 5g/m2
Golf & Bowling Greens: Mixture 90/10
Combining highly rated chewings and slender creeping red fescues with Lance and Denso. For when a traditional greens mixture is required. Can be used for croquet lawns or when the very finest ornamental lawns are desired.
Cultivars:
- 45% Calliope – Chewings Fescue
- 45% Reggae – Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- 5% Egmont– Browntop Bent
- 5% Denso – Browntop Bent
Bag Size: 20kgs
Oversow: 25g/m2
Tees & Fairways: With Rye
Combining fineness of leaf and hardwearing characteristics. Excellent all year colour. Provides re-growth of divots. Can be used on lawns that are subject to heavy wear.
Cultivars:
- 30% Sauvignon – Perennial Ryegrass
- 30% Herald – Strong Creeping Red Fescue
- 20% Legende – Chewings Fescue
- 15% Samanta – Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- 5% Highland – Browntop Bent
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 35-50g/m2
Oversow: 20-35g/m2
Tees & Fairways: Without Rye
Some greenkeepers still prefer to use seed mixtures that contain no ryegrass. Once again we have a mixture with highly rated cultivars to provide fineness of leaf with drought, wear, and disease resistance. Ideal on cricket outfields, ornamental lawns and in low maintenance landscape areas.
Cultivars:
- 35% Herald – Strong Creeping Red Fescue
- 30% Legende – Chewings Fescue
- 25% Samanta – Slender Creeping Red Fescue
- 5% Highland – Browntop Bent
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 35-50g/m2
Oversow: 20-35g/m2
Tough Tees
Ideal for Tees construction and renovation, this popular mix offers quick germination and rapid establishment, in a range of soils. High shoot density with the regenerative (rhizomes) capability of the fescue, is ideal for heavily worn areas.
Cultivars:
- 60% Sauvignon – Perennial Ryegrass
- 40% Herald – Strong Creeping Red Fescue
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 35g/m2
Oversow: 25g/m2
Amenity Shade & Finest
A mixture that is suitable for finest areas such as around buildings or under trees and shrubs and when a fine textured sward is desired. Good drought resistance and very low maintenance allows this mixture to be used on outfields, fairways and in roughs on golf courses when nutrient levels are low.
Cultivars:
- 30% Legende – Chewings Fescue
- 30% Herald – Strong CRF
- 25% Samanta –Slender CFR
- 5% Highland – Browntop Bent
- 10% Quatro Fine Leaved Sheeps Fescue
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 35-50g/m2
Oversow: 15-25g/m2
Amenity General
For use when fast establishment and resistance to hard wear are required such as local parks, children’s play areas, footpaths and general landscaping. A versatile economic mixture that contains dwarf perennial rye grass.
Cultivars:
- 60% Esquire – Perennial Ryegrass
- 35% Maxima – Strong CRF
- 5% Highland – Browntop Bent
Bag Size: 20kgs
Sow: 35-50g/m2
Oversow: 35-50g/m2
Straights
End users may wish to prepare their own mixtures, add to an existing mixture or simply use single cultivars. Please contact your Regional Sales Manager for further details.
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