Galactic Green Perennial Ryegrass
Galactic Green is a perennial ryegrass cross between Green Emperor, Arctic Green and Royal Green. Green Emperor was developed by crossing the ‘Spreader III’ population from the University of Minnesota with an elite perennial ryegrass population at Rutgers University. Arctic Green was developed by crossing Ragnar II with an elite perennial ryegrass population at Rutgers University. Royal Green was developed by crossing the ‘Spreader III’ population from the University of Minnesota with Ragnar II. Galactic Green has demonstrated a high level of winter hardiness. In the perennial ryegrass cultivar and breeding lines evaluation for turf quality, galactic green was 2nd out of 133 entries.