Trifolium Species, Ladino Clover, White Clover, White Dutch Clover

Trifolium repens has been identified as the Ireland's shamrock. I like to plant pots in January for St. Patrick's Day.

I've been looking to replace my lawn(s) with a no- or low-water/mow/fertilize plant. I kept running into 100% clover as an option for a ...Read Morewalkable green carpet effect. Everything I've read about this clover makes it sound like a lush, eco-sensitive choice. I just bought 2 pounds of seed and plan to sow next week. I will let you know how it turns out and if this clover stands up to the task!

This is a great pasture clover. A great nitrogen supplier that was used extensively before the advent of cheap high nitrogen fertilizers....Read More I even like it in the lawn, supplies nitrogen and keeps green when grasses brown due to drought. If you have a high maintenance pure grass lawn you will hate it, but if you go for low maintenance natural, you will love it.

I planted White Dutch Clover by seed in May and already have a nice green cover for lawn replacement and to to use as a green mulch/groun...Read Mored cover for a sunny front yard as I wait for trees to grow, and then to plant shade loving perinneals. My dad who has farmed for 50 years in Indiana said they always planted it by "the darkening moon in February." He said "You could see the seeds bounce off the top of the snow and it always came up just right in the spring."