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The Plots
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Plot #1
- 50% Chateau Kentucky Bluegrass
- 50% Charger II Perennial Ryegrass
Typical full sun lawn mix. Requires high levels of nitrogen fertilizer and water. Slower growing species that reduces the need for mowing. |
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Plot #2
- 30% Discovery Hard Fescue
- 30% Tiffany Chewings Fescue
- 30% Florentine Creeping Red Fescue
- 10% Bighorn Sheeps Fescue
Very low maintenance fine fescue mix. Good for sun and shade. Very drought tolerant. Needs little or no nitrogen fertilizer. Endophyte enhanced (contains a beneficial fungus that controls surface insects and improves stress tolerance).
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Plot #3
BayScaper Mix
- 40% Creeping Red Fescue
- 30% Charger II Perennial Ryegrass
- 20% KenBlue Kentucky Bluegrass
- 10% Tiffany Chewings Fescue
Low maintenance. Good for sun or shade. Good drought tolerance. Needs little or no nitrogen fertilizer. Endophyte enhanced (contains a beneficial fungus that controls surface insects and improves stress tolerance). |
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Plot #4
- 33% Tufted Hairgrass
- 33% Little Bluestem
- 33% Bighorn Sheeps Fescue
Native Grass Mix: 33% Tufted Hairgrass, 33% Little Bluestem, 33% Bighorn Sheeps Fescue, 1% Pennsylvania Sedge.
Tufted Hairgrass, Pennsylvania Sedge, and Little Bluestem are native grasses, Bighorn Sheeps Fescue is not. Tolerates varied soil conditions, drought tolerant but may not be winter hardy inland. Needs full sunlight, has beautiful fall color. |
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Plot #5
Fleur de Lawn Mix
Pro Time Lawn Seed
503-239-7518
- 40% PR8820 Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass
- 40% Eureka Hard Fescue
- 10% Assorted Flowers (Pink English Daisy, Baby Blue Eyes, & Sweet Alyssum)
- 5% White Yarrow
- 5% Salina Strawberry Clover
Requires little or no mowing and no water or fertilizer after established. Small flowers and low growing strawberry clover combine with special dwarf perennial ryegrass to create an appealing ground cover. |
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Plot #6
Dryland Ecology Lawn
Nichols Garden Nursery
800-422-3985
- Mix77% PR8820 Dwarf Perennial Ryegrass
- 18% Longfellow Chewings Fescue
- 5% Assorted Flowers (English Lawn Daisy, Baby Blue Eyes, Roman Chamomile, Strawberry Clover, Dutch Clover, Yarrow, California Poppy, Pimpernel & Creeping Thyme)
Carefully blended turf mixture combining grass, sweet clovers, wildflowers, and herbs. It is not subject to thatch buildup, and is both drought and shade tolerant. |
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Plot #7
- 29% Discovery Hard Fescue
- 29% Tiffany Chewings Fescue
- 29% Florentine Creeping Red Fescue
- 9% Bighorn Sheeps Fescue
- 4% White Clover
Very low maintenance fine fescue mix with 4% white clover. Good for sun or shade. Very drought tolerant. Needs little or no nitrogen fertilizer. Endophyte enhanced (contains a beneficial fungus that controls surface insects and improves stress tolerance). |
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Plot #8
Tuff Turf Mixture
Allen, Sterling & Lothrop
207-781-4142
- 25% Masterpiece Tall Fescue
- 25% Rembrandt Tall Fescue
- 20% Kittyhawk SST Tall Fescue
- 20% Exacta Perennial Ryegrass
- 10% Bordeaux Kentucky Bluegrass
Drought tolerant. Disease and insect resistant. Tolerant of higher soil pH and needs little nitrogen fertilizer while still holding great color and texture. |
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Plot #9
Mow-Less Tall Fescue Blend
- 33% Matador Tall Fescue
- 33% Coronado Tall Fescue
- 33% Pure Gold Tall Fescue
Mixture of the latest generation of dwarf tall fescues with slower growth less mowing. Dark blue green color, and natural heat, drought, shade, and insect tolerance. |
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Plot #10
No-Mow Mix
Prairie Nursery
800-476-9453
- 25% SR5100 Chewings Fescue
- 25% Azay Sheeps Fescue
- 12% SR3100 Hard Fescue
- 12% Scaldis Hard Fescue
- 12% Creeping Red Fescue
- 12% Dawson Red Fescue
No-Mow Mix: Dense turf, thrives in both sun or partial shade. Requires little or no mowing. Little water or fertilizer needed after established. Biologically reduces weed growth, reduces lawn maintenance dramatically. |
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