I love the clover. I put down some strawberry clover seeds, but I think they actually sent some burr clover seeds (that will be a pain to get rid of). I also throw down dichondra seeds. We don’t water our yard other than the deep flood irrigation we get and the clover and dichondra do well on that schedule. Clover is great around the base of our trees, too!
PsychologyCurious349 on
It would bother me to steps on bees. Wherever there’s Clover there’s bees. I would have to have stepping stones.
Gardener_Mike on
Definitely 100%. Just watch walking because the honeybees love it. I would suggest stepping stones scattered around so you aren’t killing them or getting stung in the foot which happened to me many times growing up.
aStrayLife on
Clover is nice but try to choose native varieties
edchoch69 on
I just did my entire backyard in white haifa, crimson and black clover. It is so beautiful!! I love my lush green yard. Can’t wait for next year when they flower.
Seriously-klutzy on
Does the clover recover quickly after being stepped on?
BananaPrimary8767 on
Years ago I bought a low water mix designed specifically for my area: eastern Oregon/Washington (high desert, 6b). Lots of clover in the mix. I do like it, but it likes to creep outside of the lawn area and it is difficult to wrangle. It is a thick tangle of long creeping vines (? I don’t know the proper word), that are hard for a weed wacker or edger to manage.
Yarrow was also in the mix advertised as low water/low mow requirements. Guess what happens when you don’t mow often? The yarrow grows a thick woody stem that hurts to step on.
English daisies were in the mix and I really love those. They aren’t perennial in my grow zone, so I just buy a couple of seed packets and sprinkle them about in the spring.
Glittering-Nothing19 on
Love the idea. It does support some pollinators.
TheArcticMint on
It’s great and as others have said do put in stones to help you move around.
Nice bonus is after a few cuts each season it seems to train itself to stay shorter. Might just be the variety we have.
Looks great either way and very drought resistant as well.
SourLemons2 on
Also great around stepping stones. Just love micro-clover.
xiguy1 on
I’ve put in tons of red, white clover (some are pink) and it’s lovely. Plus the bees like it:-)
Responsible_Bath_659 on
I like chick weed as ground cover
Unusual-Football-687 on
What would be a deep shade alternative because…love the clover, don’t have the sun for it!
LittleManTate11- on
When I was a child in the 50’s there were clover and buttercups everywhere in the grass lawns.
We went barefoot, no stepping stones and I don’t recall ever getting stung by bees. Maybe they moved out of the way, not sure.
Consistent-Leek4986 on
less clover if more people planted wild flower seeds to replace unneeded grass
magicalfolk on
So I’ve been looking into grass alternatives and I’m landing on clover precisely because bees love it! They need at the help they can get 🥹
eloiseturnbuckle on
We just bought 1 lb of micro clover seeds from Territorial seeds in Oregon. We will plant in Western Washington. Really excited because we have forest land/meadow and we inherited a lawn. We are going to spread the clover to replace the lawn but so glad to hear we need steppingstones or paths. I am allergic to bees and keep an epi-pen and was nervous about choosing clover. Your path recommends are very appreciated!
Future-Dimension1430 on
I LOVE my clover! I have a mixed grass/clover lawn and after surgery a few years ago, my lawn did not get the attention it normally does during the summer. The only parts of my grass that were green were the ones that were heavy with clover.
Adorable_Dust3799 on
So jelly. I love clover but it likes too much water.
KirmadasLilGarden on
I will never step on em 😭
ChitnChat on
I would put payment or stone in between each planter for access. You’ll be stepping on the same pollinators you’re trying to draw. I’m guessing…
IllustriousFruit8602 on
I stepped on multiple bees this past summer while walking barefoot in my yard. I thought it would be a nice lawn alternative but didnt expect so many issues I think I stepped on a bee 3 different times..
markaanne_ on
When this came up in my feed I immediately sent this to my husband because he wants to put down fabric and rock as a path leading around my new garden beds to our dog run.
snicemike on
I’m in Nicaragua and we have mani (peanut grass), soft and luxurious and makes beautiful yellow flowers.
AuntieRoseSews on
Wood sow-rel clover all over if I could… Tastes like if lemondrop candy was a vegetable.
It just won’t grow so nice here in Florida so I gotta settle for clumps in the rest of the weeds I call turf.
Queasy_Group_4534 on
Love it!
Meniscus_Meniscus on
I always fear walking around clover flowers because of the bees.
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I love the clover. I put down some strawberry clover seeds, but I think they actually sent some burr clover seeds (that will be a pain to get rid of). I also throw down dichondra seeds. We don’t water our yard other than the deep flood irrigation we get and the clover and dichondra do well on that schedule. Clover is great around the base of our trees, too!
It would bother me to steps on bees. Wherever there’s Clover there’s bees. I would have to have stepping stones.
Definitely 100%. Just watch walking because the honeybees love it. I would suggest stepping stones scattered around so you aren’t killing them or getting stung in the foot which happened to me many times growing up.
Clover is nice but try to choose native varieties
I just did my entire backyard in white haifa, crimson and black clover. It is so beautiful!! I love my lush green yard. Can’t wait for next year when they flower.
Does the clover recover quickly after being stepped on?
Years ago I bought a low water mix designed specifically for my area: eastern Oregon/Washington (high desert, 6b). Lots of clover in the mix. I do like it, but it likes to creep outside of the lawn area and it is difficult to wrangle. It is a thick tangle of long creeping vines (? I don’t know the proper word), that are hard for a weed wacker or edger to manage.
Yarrow was also in the mix advertised as low water/low mow requirements. Guess what happens when you don’t mow often? The yarrow grows a thick woody stem that hurts to step on.
English daisies were in the mix and I really love those. They aren’t perennial in my grow zone, so I just buy a couple of seed packets and sprinkle them about in the spring.
Love the idea. It does support some pollinators.
It’s great and as others have said do put in stones to help you move around.
Nice bonus is after a few cuts each season it seems to train itself to stay shorter. Might just be the variety we have.
Looks great either way and very drought resistant as well.
Also great around stepping stones. Just love micro-clover.
I’ve put in tons of red, white clover (some are pink) and it’s lovely. Plus the bees like it:-)
I like chick weed as ground cover
What would be a deep shade alternative because…love the clover, don’t have the sun for it!
When I was a child in the 50’s there were clover and buttercups everywhere in the grass lawns.
We went barefoot, no stepping stones and I don’t recall ever getting stung by bees. Maybe they moved out of the way, not sure.
less clover if more people planted wild flower seeds to replace unneeded grass
So I’ve been looking into grass alternatives and I’m landing on clover precisely because bees love it! They need at the help they can get 🥹
We just bought 1 lb of micro clover seeds from Territorial seeds in Oregon. We will plant in Western Washington. Really excited because we have forest land/meadow and we inherited a lawn. We are going to spread the clover to replace the lawn but so glad to hear we need steppingstones or paths. I am allergic to bees and keep an epi-pen and was nervous about choosing clover. Your path recommends are very appreciated!
I LOVE my clover! I have a mixed grass/clover lawn and after surgery a few years ago, my lawn did not get the attention it normally does during the summer. The only parts of my grass that were green were the ones that were heavy with clover.
So jelly. I love clover but it likes too much water.
I will never step on em 😭
I would put payment or stone in between each planter for access. You’ll be stepping on the same pollinators you’re trying to draw. I’m guessing…
I stepped on multiple bees this past summer while walking barefoot in my yard. I thought it would be a nice lawn alternative but didnt expect so many issues I think I stepped on a bee 3 different times..
When this came up in my feed I immediately sent this to my husband because he wants to put down fabric and rock as a path leading around my new garden beds to our dog run.
I’m in Nicaragua and we have mani (peanut grass), soft and luxurious and makes beautiful yellow flowers.
Wood sow-rel clover all over if I could… Tastes like if lemondrop candy was a vegetable.
It just won’t grow so nice here in Florida so I gotta settle for clumps in the rest of the weeds I call turf.
Love it!
I always fear walking around clover flowers because of the bees.