West Coast Turf - Suppliers of Quality Turf in Perth, Western Australia

West Coast Turf can supply and install the following varieties of couch:

Plateau

Winter Green

Santa Ana

Plateau Couch

Plateau Couch is a new variety of couch developed in Australia, that we can now offer our customers. For a more detailed look at this exciting new lawn, see also "New Strains".

Plateau is a new strain of couch developed in Australia. It has much of the same hard wearing and good looking characteristics of other couch varieties, yet differs greatly in its growth pattern. "Plateau" is so named for its unique trait of strong lateral growth. This means that instead of the main growth energy tending upwards, it actually prefers to grow sideways and so can spread itself across large areas faster than any other variety.

CHARACTERISTICS

Non irritant
Medium invasion characteristics
Low to medium maintenance
High tolerance to waterlogging
Excellent resistance to shade
Excellent wear, recuperative and green up rate
Excellent winter colour retention
Good disease and pest resistance
Requires minimum 2-4 hours direct sunlight daily
Propagated from stolons (runners) or turf rolls

MAINTENANCE
Plateau should ideally be mown every 3-5 weeks at a height of approx. 8-12mm during summer and in winter mow every 6-8 weeks and raise the mowing height to approx. 14-18mm. An even ground is important and annual to biannual scarifying might be necessary, ideally during the spring months.

USES
Residential and commercial lawns for a soft formal appearance. High wearing areas e.g. golf courses, tennis courts, bowling greens, where hard wearing/close mowing is required. Parks and gardens, sports ovals, soil stabilisation areas, roadsides, urban in-fill areas.

Turf Stats - Plateau Couch
Low Maintenance	9/10
Shade Tolerance	8/10
Wear Resistance	7/10
Drought Tolerance	8/10

Winter Green Couch

Wintergreen Couch is a hybrid couch, blue-green in colour, with a fine, dense, soft leaf texture with high colour retention under low winter temperatures and partial shade. Has low seed head formation if mown regularly. A deep-rooted, dense network of fine stolons and rhizomes make it a tough turf with a very smooth soft but hard-wearing surface. This turf is used at the Lake Karrinyup Golf Course for the fairways.

CHARACTERISTICS

Non irritant
Low invasion characteristics
Low to medium maintenance
High tolerance to waterlogging
Excellent wear, recuperative and green up rate
Excellent winter colour retention
Good disease and pest resistance
Requires minimum 4-5 hours direct sunlight daily
Propagated from stolons (runners) or turf rolls

MAINTENANCE
Wintergreen should ideally be mown every 10-14 days at a height of approx. 8-12mm during summer and in winter mow every 3-5 weeks and raise the mowing height to approx. 12-16mm. An even ground is important and annual to biannual scarifying might be necessary, ideally during the spring months.

Turf Stats - Winter Green Couch
Low Maintenance	7/10
Shade Tolerance	6/10
Wear Resistance	8/10
Drought Tolerance	8/10

Santa Ana Couch

Santa Ana Couch is a deep blue-green, very fine leafed variety of couch lawn. Properly maintained, its appearance is superior to other couch varieties. It is salt tolerant and retains its colour well compared to others in the couch family in the Winter months. Santa Anas' looks are best maintained with regular mowing by a barrel/cylinder type mower. An excellent choice for the lawn enthusiast!! This turf is used extensively at the Joondalup Golf Course.

CHARACTERISTICS

Non irritant
Moderately invasive
Medium to high maintenance, requires sharp mower
High thatching if not mown regularly
Good tolerance to saline water (up to 10,000mg per litre)
Good tolerance to waterlogging
Excellent wear, recuperative and green-up rate
Excellent winter colour retention
Good disease and pest resistance
Requires minimum 4 hours direct sunlight daily
Propagated from stolons (runners) or turf roll

MAINTENANCE
Santa Ana should ideally be mown every 7-10 days at a height of approx. 8-12mm during summer and in winter mow every 3-5 weeks and raise the mowing height to approx. 12-16mm. An even ground is important and annual to biannual scarifying might be necessary, ideally during the spring months.

USES
Residential and commercial lawns for a soft formal appearance. High wearing areas such as golf courses, tennis courts, bowling greens, where hard wearing and close mowing is required. Parks and gardens, sports ovals, soil stabilisation areas, roadsides, urban in-fill areas.

Turf Stats - Santa Ana Couch
Low Maintenance	6/10
Shade Tolerance	7/10
Wear Resistance	7/10
Drought Tolerance	7/10

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