Turf Varieties

There are 5 types of turf that we grow at our very own lawn farm in Kinglake West, Victoria. Each variety has its strengths depending on your turf requirements.

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Tall Fescue

Is made up of 85% Tall Fescue and 15% Kentucky Blue Grass. This Lawn is a deep green colour and can tolerate 50% shade and also direct sunlight. Tall Fescue is hard wearing lawn ideal for Melbourne’s weather conditions. Tall Fescue is available all year round.

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Santa Ana Couch

This is a fine, soft-leaf couch grass that prefers the sun and heat of the warm season and therefore is less tolerant of shade than many other types of turf. Santa Anna Couch has above ground runners (stolons) and underground runners (rhizones) which gives good density (matting) qualities.

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Kikuyu Male Sterile

Kikuyu is a light green, medium soft-leaf perennial creeper that has above ground runners (stolons) and below ground runners (rhizones) with a high level of thatching, making this variety quick to establish and relatively drought tolerant.
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Kenda Kikuyu

Kenda is an improved Male Sterile variety of Kikuyu, with a superior deep green winter colour to most other grass varieties. It is also very tolerant to frost and cold winters.

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Kings Pride Soft Leafkings pride soft leaf buffalo

PBR3430

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Lawn Comparison Table


Tall Fescue Santa Ana Couch Kikuyu Kenda Kikuyu Kings Pride
Colour Deep Green
Mid Green
Light Green
Deep Green Deep Green
Leaf Description
Medium, Soft Leaf
Fine, Soft Leaf
Medium, Soft Leaf
Medium Soft Leaf Wide, Soft Leaf
Cutting Height 25-35mm
10-20mm 15-25mm
15-25mm 20-40mm
Soil Types
Most
All
All
All All
Drought Tolerance
Average
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent Very Good
Urine Tolerance
Average
Good
Excellent Excellent Good
Shade Tolerance
Good
Average
Average
Average Excellent
Wear Tolerance
Average
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent Good
Watering
2-3 p/week
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly Weekly
Mowing
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly
Weekly Weekly
Fertilising
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly
Quarterly Quarterly
Self Repairing
Average
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent Good