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100% Clover lawn

  • 15-08-2013 8:42pm
    #1
    SeeZee
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭


    Has anyone seen a lawn made of only clover and zero grass. Need a low cost low maintance for a small from garden. Just wondering the actual height these 'micro clovers' grow to


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  • #2
    Qwerty?
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,246 ✭✭✭Qwerty?


    At the moment my lawn looks about 95% clover.... and I sowed a grass lawn:mad:

    On a serious note, it is definitely worth looking into, as it gives a lovely healthy green look to the lawn, and doesn't grow very high. (but you will still need to cut it)


  • #3
    celticbhoy27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭celticbhoy27


    Qwerty? wrote: »
    At the moment my lawn looks about 95% clover.... and I sowed a grass lawn:mad:

    On a serious note, it is definitely worth looking into, as it gives a lovely healthy green look to the lawn, and doesn't grow very high. (but you will still need to cut it)

    Definitely a convert to clover, used to look on it as a weed, especially when in flower. However I now see it as beneficial. The amount of bees it attracts surpasses any other flower in most gardens


  • #4
    inocybe
    Registered Users Posts: 505 ✭✭✭inocybe


    It wouldn't be low maintenance though, you'd be constantly weeding.


  • #5
    SeeZee
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭SeeZee


    inocybe wrote: »
    It wouldn't be low maintenance though, you'd be constantly weeding.
    Really, more so then a grass lawn?


  • #6
    iverjohnston
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭iverjohnston


    Can you get varities of clover especially for lawns? The ordinary stuff in agri seed mixes will grow to a foot tall if you let it, horrid mess to get rid off then.


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  • #7
    SeeZee
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭SeeZee


    iverjohnston wrote: »
    Can you get varities of clover especially for lawns? The ordinary stuff in agri seed mixes will grow to a foot tall if you let it, horris mess to get rid off then.

    They call it micro clover, pipolina. ~5inches max height. Still prity high for a lawn but i think its slower then grass to grow. I'd like a verity they grows shorter if there is one. Or get a look at a lawn if anyone knows of one.


  • #8
    Supercell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,461 ✭✭✭✭Supercell


    My lawn is mostly clover in places and other plants, I seeded it this spring but didn't put any weedkiller down. Theres loads of daisies now between cuts which personally i find very nice. Definitely think it better to let nature decide what to cover our open spaces with a little helping hand from ourselves to get it going :)
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  • #9
    magicbastarder
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    i'm currently letting clover take over my lawn. the bees have been loving it.


  • #10
    yellowlabrador
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭yellowlabrador


    I presume these special clovers would be a type of creeping clovers like shamrock. The only problem I can see is that they tend to like very poor soils. I love walking in nature and the only low growing clovers I spot tend to grow on waste land . Have you thought of a chamomile lawn? That would give a lovely scent as you walked over it and would also look good

    http://www.camomilelawns.co.uk/


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