Hybrid Bermudas
As a favorite warm season variety, Hybrid Bermudagrass has many
outstanding features of a desirable turfgrass. Hybrid Bermudagrass has no equal for its ability to recover from heavy use during hot weather and it is the top choice for summer sports use. Hybrid Bermudagrass is an attractive, deep green turfgrass that can be mowed short, is both drought and heat tolerant and has moderate water requirements. Hybrid Bermudagrass has both rhizomes and stolons, which make it a good choice for rapid establishment and minimal weed competition. The Hybrid Bermudagrass turf is very dense, quick to establish and adaptable to all soil conditions. Hybrid Bermudagrasses are vegetatively propagated which helps to minimize any pollen production thus reducing hayfever or allergy irritations.
H BAR H TURF FARMS grows three culitvars of Hybrid Bermudagrass, Tifton 10, Tifway 419, and Celebration. All varieties perform well in the southwest plains but offer characteristic differences that enable you to choose the right variety for your purpose.
One of the fastest and most economical methods to establish a hybrid bermudagrass turf area is with sprigs. A sprig is a vegetative piece of viable hybrid bermudagrass plant, specifically, a rhizome (growing below the soil level) or a stolon (growing above the soil level). Each portion, whether rhizome or stolon or both, will begin to grow and aggressively develop into a carpet of turf. More about sprigging»
Tifton 10 Bermudagrass- An excellent performer, Tifton 10 is a medium textured Bermudagrass with a natural deep blue-green color. It exhibits early spring green-up and has proven cold tolerance. Exceptional turf strength makes it easy to handle and a natural aggressiveness gives it superior recoverability and strong wear tolerance. Versatile and beautiful, this is truly an exceptional grass.
Tifway 419 Bermudagrass – A very dense and fine textured hybrid Bermudagrass that exhibits very aggressive growth properties. Tifway 419 is a very soft yet durable turfgrass that is appropriate for athletic and golf course use due to its ability to recover rapidly from injury. Tifway 419 exhibits moderately good cold tolerance, dark green coloration and has a very upright growth pattern.
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Celebration Bermudagrass - The extra soft texture of Celebration Bermudagrass will undoubtedly give you happy feet. Besides the beautiful blue-green color Celebration Bermudagrass displays, it also has excellent drought, heat, salt and cold tolerance. This dense, easy maintenance variety is becoming a favorite among homes, businesses and playing fields alike. Because of it’s rapid horizontal growth and durability, this ‘self-healing’ grass makes itself ideal for high traffic areas. Celebration is a perfect choice for the short growing season in the high plains area.
Due to it’s dense and aggressive nature, Celebration offers a superior soft texture yet is sturdy enough to survive hot temperatures as well as the cold. Early spring green-up and good fall color retention make it well suited to the Plains Area’s growing conditions a definite plus to the list of advantages of this amazing variety. Celebration requires less water and mowing and touts better shade tolerance than most Bermudagrass varieties.