Monaco™ | Cynodon Dactylon

In turf quality alone, Monaco™ is statistically similar to, or even better than 91% of varieties tested in the 2013 NTEP trials. This includes vegetative types!

Monaco™ is a synthetic variety produced by the intercrossing of five clonal parent lines which results in superior genetic integrity and seed quality year in and year out. A highly ranked variety tested in the 2013 NTEP trials, Monaco possesses a rare combination of traits in exceptional wear tolerance, winter hardiness, and spring green-up. These traits produce a quality grass surface that appears early, withstands amultitude of stresses, and stays late into the year.

USES

Monaco™ can be used as a durable, high quality playing surface in golf courses, sports fields, and parks. It is not recommended to construct a putting green with Monaco™ as a base. Monaco™ also makes a very high quality lawn that can be easily repaired when needed via seed, or used to repair other bermudagrass areas. In terms of matching other varieties, Monaco™ has a medium to dark green color and is similar in leaf texture to vegetative types such as Patriot, Astro, and Celebration.

Turf Quality

VARIETY	SCORE
Monaco™	6.3
Riviera	6.3
Princess 77	6.0

Drought Tolerance: 2013 NTEP Final Report

VARIETY	SCORE
Monaco™ (#1 in NTEP)	6.0
Riviera	5.4
Princess 77	5.1
LSD	0.6

Traffic Tolerance: 2013-2017 Average

VARIETY	SCORE
Monaco™ (#1 in NTEP)	63.8%
Riviera	60.9%
Princess 77	59.2%
LSD	0.3

Spring Green-up: 2016 NTEP Trials

VARIETY	SCORE
Monaco™	5.3
Riviera	5.2
Yukon	4.9
North Shore SLT	4.9
Princess 77	4.7
Numex-Sahara	4.6
LSD	0.5

The next generation of Bermudagrass
Exclusively from Barenbrug, Monaco™ is continuing the legacy founded by Riviera. Monaco™ is a superior seeded bermudagrass that is excellent for use on golf courses, sports turf, and higher quality lawns. Monaco™ will break dormancy quicker and more effectively while providing a high quality turfgrass stand throughout the growing season. This plant was bred to have a genetically darker green color with excellent density and wear tolerance.

Monaco™ is a high performing bermudagrass in terms of quality and in time. The growing season will not only be extended in the spring, but in the fall as well with its high color retention. Its durable winterhardiness will result in a bermudagrass prepared to restart the process the next spring, delivering consistent conditions year after year.

 

Yellow Jacket Water Manager inside!
The world’s first Seed Enhancement Technology ensures precisely the right balance of moisture for both optimum germination and establishment. Yellow Jacket Water Manager was developed by Aquatrols in cooperation with Barenbrug. When it is irrigated, the substance used to enhance the seed is released into the soil, where it adheres to grains of sand, creating a Plant Survival Zone. Besides retaining water, this zone also regulates the amount of water around each seed, optimising the growing conditions to guarantee vital grass plants that will develop quickly.

 

Barenbrug Bluemuda®
Barenbrug Bluemuda is the grass concept that provides the most sustainable solution for the transition zone in Europe. In this zone both warm and cool season grasses are active.The combination of bermuda grass (warm season grass) with Resilient Blue® grass technology (cool season grass) offers the solution for bermuda turfgrass that is permanently green all year round.

Read more about Barenbrug Bluemuda®

Cynodon Dactylon
Often referred to as ‘common’ Bermuda grass, this is a highly variable, warm-season specie within which substantial differences exist in colour, texture, density, vigour, and environmental adaptation. Adapted to a wide range of soil conditions. Although Bermuda grass is generally not very cold tolerant, some newer varieties do tend to adapt well in colder conditions.