By |  December 23, 2024

The University of Georgia (UGA) recently changed the name for a variety of vegetative seashore paspalum turfgrass, now called SeaScape. When the variety was announced in January 2023, the grass had a different name: SeaBreeze.

The issue was that a seeded fescue with the variety name ‘Seabreeze’ was already in the marketplace. Developed by Pure Seed, ‘Seabreeze’ slender creeping fescue (festuca rubra trichophilia) was released to the market in 1992. In 2003, Pure Seed released its successor, a more improved and glyphosate-tolerant fine fescue called ‘Seabreeze GT.’

UGA originally named the turf, continuing the tradition of naming salt-tolerant paspalum varieties with the “Sea” prefix. Earlier releases wore monikers such as ‘SeaIsle 1’, ‘SeaIsle 2000’, ‘SeaIsle Supreme’ and SeaStar.

According to UGA, SeaScape is a vigorous vegetative seashore paspalum cultivar that produces excellent-quality turf under a range of mowing heights and is suitable for use on golf courses, athletic fields, home lawns and other recreational venues as fine turf. This variety was tested under the experimental name ‘UGP 73’ and has been under development and evaluation for 16 years.