ultra dwarf

Thurston XIII – posted 26 June 2006 16:34

I would like to know if ther are any ultra dwarf varieties that can be seeded and if so where I might get the seed.

wrangler – posted 27 June 2006 21:29

You can find Princess 77, Yukon and Riviera @ seedland.com. All are fine bladed types. Yukon and Riviera are more cold tollerant. Riviera has the fastest divot recovery and best color.

seed – posted 28 June 2006 06:51

Ultradwarf bermudagrasses, which are greens types that are lower growing than Tifdwarf, are sterile and cannot be propagated by seed.

They arose as probable somatic mutations from Tifdwarf and Tifgreen (Tifton 328), and TifEagle is an artificially induced mutation in Tifway II which is itself an artificial mutation of Tifway (Tifton 419), a naturally occurring sterile interspecific hybrid of Cynodon tranvaalensis X C. dactylon. Tifdwarf is a probable natural mutation of Tifgreen, an artificial reciprocal interspecific hybrid, that is C. dactylon X C. transvaalensis.

Phil