Has anyone got a clover lawn?

dirtychinchilla

dirtychinchilla

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Apparently clover lawns are great, as long as you really aren't into grass. They are drought resistant, dense, and great for insects.

I'm thinking about replacing our moderately miserable lawn with clover and just wondered if anyone else had done the same?
 
you must be talking about that vile fast spreading invasive weed that has killed a bunch of my grass and is impossible to get rid of

yes i have that but not by choice
 
I am going to plant a load of creeping phlox this year, did think about creeping thyme, but prefer the look of the phlox
 
We used to have loads of clover in our lawn (not by choice) and it did look nice and attracted lot's of bees when it flowered. Our lawn is ruined now though because we had a complete and utter asswipe move in next to us and rected a 6 foot solid fence which blocks the sunlight from out garden so it never drys out. Our soil is about 6 inches of topsoil with very heavy clay under that and it doesn't drain so our lawn is mostly moss now. I am having one last go at eradicating it with a scarifier in the spring, attempt to do something about the drainage and then reseed it. If it comes back again then I may as well just gravel the lot with a few raised beds here and there for wild flowers.
 
I'm actually surprised by the positive responses here. I think clover gets a bad rap, and I'm sure I read somewhere that it's fertiliser companies that wanted to get rid of it.

thegrasspeople.com

How to grow a clover lawn

Growing a clover lawn will boost the health of your soil, is great for bees and pollinators and opens the door to a more sustainable approach to lawn care. Growing a clover lawn is as easy as growing regular grass seed and this guide will tell you how!
thegrasspeople.com thegrasspeople.com
 
dirtychinchilla said:
Apparently clover lawns are great, as long as you really aren't into grass. They are drought resistant, dense, and great for insects.

I'm thinking about replacing our moderately miserable lawn with clover and just wondered if anyone else had done the same?
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Mary Wesley wrote a whole book about The Camomile Lawn.

Channel 4 bastardised it into something quite appalling :)
 
This will become my responsibility within a few weeks.

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I'm thinking of going for a full clover lawn because it should remain greener in times of low rain, won't need much cutting and when flowering it will provide food for insects. The plan for the garden will be lots of native hedging and plants to provide for wildlife. However, I am very aware a clover lawn will need a lot of prep beforehand to get a usable flat surface before sowing! Advice would be most welcome.
 
Going by previous responses on here, no one here has really done it, you would be better off finding some utube vids ect
 
This will become my responsibility within a few weeks.
roadie said:
I'm thinking of going for a full clover lawn because it should remain greener in times of low rain, won't need much cutting and when flowering it will provide food for insects. The plan for the garden will be lots of native hedging and plants to provide for wildlife. However, I am very aware a clover lawn will need a lot of prep beforehand to get a usable flat surface before sowing! Advice would be most welcome.
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Given the stone there you are well on the way for a concrete lawn :) Is that how modern builders leave a new build area for seeding?
 
I have given up with my 3 small lawns - each one was dug up- all chaffer grubs exterminated -raked- sown and first year was brilliant -now a few years on all the grubs are back eating roots and if I started again I would sow dandilion seeds - they grow better than anything else.
I will just mow it once a month and thats it.
I killed myself for nothing.
 
UnknownDonut said:
Also chamomile is supposed to feel nice under foot.

Chamomile lawns and alternatives / RHS

In sunny areas where foot traffic is light or mower access is difficult, <em>Chamaemelum nobile</em> ‘Treneague’ (lawn chamomile) can be used to provide an alternative to grass, as well as other low growing herbs
www.rhs.org.uk www.rhs.org.uk
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An arse to look after though. Smells lovely and looks great.
 
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