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good question. my father loves his clover . free fertilizer (nitrogen fixing plant) without compromising ground water with run off. in the summer during dry times when mono culture lawn is brown it is green with other grasses it grows with. spring and fall seem to be good planting times for grass. i have had success with - 6
my front lawn was planted with pink clover (persicaria capitata, not really a clover but with clover-like flowers). this was done about 8-9 months ago on 18-inch centers; rooted plants -- not plugs -- were used. now, the ground cover is thick enough to crowd out most weeds. it took a lot of water to reach this state, but i can start - 6
on leveled, post-build-new-lot soil, which is not too good (since the next addition will go there, eventually). it has spotty lawn at the edges while the remainder is flush with clover . my current plan is to leave the clover until it seeds, then mow it to about -3" and allow grass to start establishing itself. i would do this every - 5
it feels like taking over your yard. you'll be interested to know one of its european names: viper's bugloss. isn't that great? i've currently got a white clover in a hanging basket. it makes a lovely show, spilling over the basket and eventually making a bridal veil of honey-scented flowers! a few weeks ago, i noticed some - 5
we have a steep hill which cannot be mowed. it is planted with creeping junipers, and until they fill out, clover ground cover. lately crabgrass has taken over. since it cannot be mowed, it has the potential to overgrow the junipers and kill them by shading, besides making the whole yard look horrible. we purchased some crabgrass - 4
do a google for " clover killer" and you'll find products designed to kill clover and other tough weeds in lawns. the typical broadleaf weed killers are not effective, partly because clover has a waxy leaf. but the clover specific products do work, though it will probably take a couple treatments to get it under control. - 4
i've been reading that clover is beneficial to a lawn and i should be happy to have it but it's taking over many of the grass areas of my lawn. my question - will the flowers eventually go away leaving just the green clover? the flowers are very low to the ground so they escape the lawnmower blades. i don't mind the clover at all just - 4
somewhere in some magazine recently (it may have been horticulture, or people, places and plants) i read of the history of clover in lawns, and how the man who developed broadleaf weed killer was upset at the fact that his product killed the white clover in lawns. there was nothing he could do about it (well, he could have not developed - 3
no its not silly actually. the physical nature of clover and clover like weeds make it hard to kill since the weed control tends to roll off the leaves. - 3
not sure how it goes in aus but here in nz white clover is doing perfectly in my garden at present under the shade of trees, with hot days & lack of rain. the clover is greener than the lawn and growing ok. it does get bees in in summer which is a little hard on the bare feet but good for the vege garden. clover also - 3
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