I like the clover better than the grass and wonder if its easy enough to make the lawn entirely clover. Any tips? I'm a gardening newbie, but I'm loving it.
2007-08-09 07:58:32 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
If it is the little white clovers go to a seed store and order some White Dutch Clover seed. This fall seed the yard and you should have a nice crop of clover. Clover attracts bees so watch walking barefoot in the yard. You may also attract a few hungry deer.
2007-08-09 08:06:08 · answer #1 · answered by fortyninertu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree white clover is lovely. Clover is a nitrogen fixing plant so it grows best in infertile soils other plants find insufficient. Clover also deals with compacted soils easily. With its long root run it can reach into deeper soil layers for water. It will need to be mown but not as frequently as grass.
In case this thought is interesting you can add other lowgrowing plants randomly for a less uniform look. Viola odorata & Viola labradorica can be walked on some flower early and are typical lawn invasives in shaded areas. Bellis perennis also can be mown.
There are premixed flowering seed lots like Ecoturf & Fleur de Lawn
http://online.caup.washington.edu/courses/larc433/Eco-lawns/definition.htm
http://www.covingtonwater.com/Eco_Lawn2.htm
http://www.protimelawnseed.com/ProTimePT-755.htm
http://www.extension.umn.edu/yardandgarden/YGLNews/YGLN-Dec0100.html
Be sure it really is clover as there are three trifoliate look alike plants. They each have differences in the leaflets.
Oxalis has the center leaflet the longest
Yellow wood sorrel has distinct heart shape to each leaflet and each one has a center fold line like a paper cut heart.
Clover has a serrate or toothed edge on the leaflets.
http://www.turf.uiuc.edu/weed_web/lookalikes/medic_oxalis_clover.htm
2007-08-09 08:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you like clover,why not visit a field that has clover in it then dig some up with the same soil. Dig up some grass clods in your garden and put the clover in its place..water them and you'll soon have a garden of clover.
2007-08-13 00:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As above just let it spread by itself!
We have loads of clover in the lawn, but beware of bees on the flowers! I have trodden on a bee when hanging out the washing,in bare feet OUCH!
2007-08-09 08:54:30 · answer #4 · answered by H1976 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just leave it alone and the clover will take over, followed by moss. Are you sure about this, I spend most of my spare time trying to get rid of it.
2007-08-09 08:02:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋