Meadow meadow grass (Poa pratensis) is a common ingredient in lawn seed mixes. Here you can find out everything about the properties and uses of the grass.

Poa pratensis is native to us and can be found in almost every house lawn

You are probably familiar with the paniculate inflorescences of the meadow meadow grass, even if you are not at all interested in botany. When the high stalks with the seeds sway in the wind in midsummer, it is hard to imagine that meadow reed seeds enrich almost every lawn. With their remarkable hardiness, particularly good meadow grass varieties have also made it into our premium quality Plantura lawn seed mixes, but more on that later.

Poa pratensis: origin and description

Poa pratensis, like most lawn grasses, belongs to the sweet grasses (Poaceae). It grows throughout the northern hemisphere of the world, but rough bluegrass can also be found in Africa, Australia and even in Antarctica. The Latin species name pratensis means nothing more than "growing in meadows".
In its natural habitat, the meadow meadow grass grows turf-forming due to the formation of strong underground runners, so it tends to grow in large, seamless associations. It can grow 20 to 60 centimeters tall and flowers between May and July in panicles holding new seeds of Poa pratensis. The leaf is dark green to blue-green and can vary in width and hairiness. In addition to meadow meadow grass, there are other types of meadow grass that can also be found in house lawns. Our Plantura Shade Lawn also contains, for example, the common meadow gas (Poa trivialis), rough bluegrass (Poa nemoralis) and the extremely shade-tolerant meadowgrass ( Poa supina).

Tip: The fact that meadow grass naturally forms a dense carpet explains its very good suitability for lawn grass. Because the underground runners give the grass resistance to mechanical stress, it is used in sports field turf, utility turf and also our hard-wearing, premium-quality Plantura sports and play turf.

TheInflorescences of Poa pratensis can be found in every meadow in Germany in summer

Characteristics and uses of meadow grass

We have created an overview table for you so that you have all the important properties of meadow grass at a glance. Then you will learn everything about using Poa pratensis.

What are the characteristics of Poa pratensis?

The meadow grass in brief

The meadow meadow grass has a relatively wide, coarse leaf

Poa pratensis 'Joker':
Slow growing, relatively green even in winter, rather coarse and broad leaves , extremely high turf density, very competitive with weeds. Very hard wearing and high resistance to rot. Very suitable for sports and play lawns as well as hard-wearing lawns, less suitable for ornamental lawns

Poa pratensis 'Sombrero':
Slow growing, relatively green even in winter, rather coarse and broad leaves , high turf density and good competitiveness against weeds. Medium to high durability. Slight susceptibility to some lawn diseases. Good suitability for sports and play lawns, medium suitability for hard-wearing lawns, not very suitable for ornamental lawns

Poa pratensis ′Barhelene′:
Fast growing, still relatively green even in winter, rather coarse and broad Leaf, extremely high turf density, competitive with weeds. Medium durability. Low susceptibility to lawn diseases. Good suitability for sports and play lawns, less suitability for hard-wearing lawns or ornamental lawns

Poa pratensis ′Greenplay′:
Very slow growing, still relatively green even in winter, rather coarse and wide leaf, extremely high turf density, strong competitionweeds. Good durability. Low susceptibility to lawn diseases. Best suitability for sports and play lawns, suitability for hard-wearing lawns, hardly suitable for ornamental lawns.

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