Gladiator is Columbia Seeds’ new and improved Hard Fescue. Its dark green color and excellent seedling vigor sets the new standard for hard fescue performance. It has superior density, seedling vigor and disease resistance. It is a versatile cultivar used for golf courses, parks, commercial landscape, home lawns, roadsides and low maintenances applications. It has exhibited excellent turf quality under fairway mowing and is a excellent choice for bunkers, roughs and out of play areas. It is very shade tolerant and can be used in low maintenance situations. In low maintenance areas. It provides many benefits such as reduced water and fertilizer usage. It can be used on its own or mixed with other Fine Fescues, Perennial Ryegrass and Kentucky Bluegrass.