1. Plateau Couch

Plateau Couch is a new variety of couch developed in Australia, that we can now offer our customers.

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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

Neergabby Buffalo (ST15)

Neergabby Buffalo is a broad leaf Buffalo variety similar in appearance to the traditional buffalo but with a soft textured leaf. Neergabby has an outstanding Emerald green colour that is a true eye catcher. It performs well in full sun yet thrives in shaded areas where other lawns fail.

Neergabby is good in heavy traffic areas as it recovers well from damage. Frost tolerance and colour retention make for a good Winter performer. Neergabby is a hardy, low maintenance lawn perfectly suited to home lawns and commercial uses.

CHARACTERISTICS

Non irritant
Low to medium invasiveness
Medium maintenance level
Moderate to good 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 rolls

MAINTENANCE
Neergabby Buffalo should ideally be mown every 10-14 days at a height of approx. 15-20mm during summer and in winter mow every 3-5 weeks at a similar height.

USES
Residential and commercial lawns where appearance and practicality is essential.

Kikuyu

kikuyu Turf is a popular variety of lawn for both domestic and commercial use due to its affordable price and excellent durability. kikuyu Turf holds its colour well in most conditions, and makes an especially good lawn on large areas due to its high wearability, ability to recuperate, and high thatching tendency. kikuyu Turf can be found in most parks, ovals and reserves throughout Perth. An example of kikuyu Turf from WCT can be seen extensively around Kings Park, in particular the Kings Park War Memorial.

kikuyu Turf originated in the East African highlands. Its common name was derived in 1903 from the Kikuyu people of Kenya, who traditionally, lived east of the Aberdare Mountains, where the grass thrives. kikuyu Turf was introduced to Australia by seed in 1919 and then propagated vegetatively for more than 50 years.

CHARACTERISTICS

Low irritant
Highly invasive
Medium maintenance
High thatching if not mown regularly
Excellent tolerance to waterlogging
Excellent wear, recuperative and green-up rate
Good winter colour retention
Excellent disease and pest resistance
kikuyu Turf Requires minimum 5-6 hours direct sunlight daily
Propagated from stolons (runners) or turf rolls

MAINTENANCE
kikuyu Turf should ideally be mown every 10-14 days at a height of approx. 12-16mm during summer and in winter mow every 3-5 weeks and raise the mowing height to approx. 16-20mm.

USES
Residential and commercial lawns for a hardy solid performer. High wearing areas such as parks, ovals, and schools, where the lawn is under constant vigorous use. Parks and gardens, sports ovals, soil stabilisation areas, roadsides, urban in-fill areas.

Plateau

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.

An important side-effect of this lateral growth characteristic, is that the frequency of mowing required is greatly reduced. Even in peak growing seasons Plateau requires mowing only every 3-5 weeks as opposed to other varieties which need weekly mowing to maintain optimum appearance.

The reduced maintenance requirements of Plateau can provide significant cost savings for large applications such as sporting grounds and golfing fairways.

The reduction in mowing frequency of Plateau also benefits the environment, as when lawn is damaged (during mowing) it releases chemicals that can contribute to the creation of photochemical smog.

Another benefit of Plateau is that it is also very shade tolerant . This enables it to be used in a diverse range of applications.

Plateau is currently being used in many high profile applications across Australia such as:

The Royal Sydney Golf Club
Optus Oval
Colonial Stadium
The Gabba

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Read a technical report on Plateau from Triodia Pty. Ltd.

PLATEAU REPORT .pdf format (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)