Covenant is one of those varieties that just makes the whole mix better!
“So dense, you’d think it was bluegrass!”
With Covenant Tall Fescue, homeowners and professionals alike enjoy dense and thick lawns, full of fine-bladed, slower-growing leaves. Rich-green color remains even into the cooler fall months. Great for straight application or mixes from sunny California, to hot, humid Georgia, and anywhere in-between.
WE’RE TALKING DENSE TURF! - Data from the 2003 National Turfgrass Evaluation Program (NTEP) shows that Covenant lawns are very dense, throughout the growing season. Note how Covenant stays dense, compared to KY-31, which gets thinner through-out the year:
COLOR THAT LASTS! - One impressive feature of Covenant is the duration of its attractive green color, even through late fall.
| Variety | Spring Density | Summer Density | Fall Density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant | 7.1 | 7.4 | 7 |
| Falcon IV | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.1 |
| Plantation | 6.9 | 7.3 | 6.3 |
| K-31 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 4.5 |
| Lsd value | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Variety | Color (September) |
Color (November) |
Color (December) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant | 8 | 7.3 | 8 |
| Falcon IV | 7.7 | 7 | 7.7 |
| Plantation | 8 | 7.3 | 7.7 |
| K-31 | 5.7 | 6 | 7 |
| Lsd value | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
GROWS LIKE GRASS, NOT LIKE WEEDS WEED! - Who wants to mow their lawn every other day? Covenant lawns grow dense and thick, not tall and shaggy, like older tall fescues. Note the first year difference between Covenant and selected other varieties, from 2002 NTEP Illinois plots, where researchers measured the height of the varieties in the spring after a fall seeding.
| Variety | Canopy Height |
|---|---|
| Covenant | 4.0 cm |
| Falcon IV | 5.0 cm |
| Plantation | 6.0 cm |
| Falcon II | 9.0 cm |
| K-31 | 12.7 cm |
| Lsd value | 2.5 cm |
| *To determine statistical differences amongst varieties, subtract one entry's score form another entries. Statistical differences occur when value is larger than the corresponding Lsd value. | |
SOLID PERFORMANCE COAST-TO-COAST - After four years of independent data from over 30 locations around the country, it is clear that Covenant can be recommended for use in most any tall fescue blend no matter where you are located. Count on Covenant for great turf quality.
| Variety | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality Under Traffic - St Louis | X | X | ||
| Quality - Southeast | X | X | ||
| Quality - Southwest | X | |||
| Quality - Semi-Arid | X | X | ||
| Quality - Pacific | X | |||
| Spring Density | X | X | ||
| Summer Density | X | X | ||
| Fall Density | X | |||
| Spring Ground Cover | X | X | ||
| Summer Ground Cover | X | X | X | |
| Winter Color | X | X | ||
| Typhula Blight | X | X | ||
| Establishment - AR, WA | X | |||
| Pythium Blight | X | |||
| Fall Color (Sept) | X | X | X | |
| Fall Color (Oct) | X | |||
| Fall Color (Nov) | X | X | ||
| Fall Color (Dec) | X | |||
| Brown Patch (NC) | X | X | X | |
| Fall Ground Cover under stress | X | |||
| Brown Patch (VA) | X | |||
| Brown Patch (AR) | X | |||
| Canopy Height - low | X | |||
| Winter Kill | X | |||
| Pythium | X | |||
| Seedhead Rating | X |
| Variety | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn, AL | X | X | X | |
| Riverside, CA | X | X | X | X |
| Griffin, GA | X | X | ||
| Ames,IA | X | X | X | X |
| Carbondale, IL | X | X | ||
| Urbana,IL | X | X | ||
| Wichita, KS | X | |||
| Lexington, KY | X | X | ||
| Amherst, MA | X | X | X | |
| E. Lansing, MI | X | X | X | |
| E. Lansing, MI (traffic) | X | X | X | |
| Columbia, MO | X | X | X | X |
| St. Louis, MO (traffic) | X | X | ||
| Ithica, NY | X | X | X | X |
| Raleigh, NC | X | X | X | |
| Mead, NE | X | |||
| Las Cruces, NM | X | X | X | |
| Univ. Park, PA | X | |||
| Dallas, TX | X | X | X | X |
| Lubbock, TX | X | X | ||
| Logan, UT | X | |||
| Madison, WI | X | |||
| Blacksburg, VA | X | X | X | X |
| Pullman, WA | X | |||
| Puyallup, WA | X | |||
| Stillwater, OK | X | |||
| Madison, WI | X |
Complete results available at www.ntep.org
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