This sustainable, low-maintenance lawn alternative will have you ditching grass for good. Grass may seem like an obvious choice for a yard covering but it’s actually a modern-ish norm. The idea of a ...

“White clover used to be a standard ingredient in every grass seed mix; 75 years ago no one planted a lawn without mixing a little white clover in with the grass seed,” recounts Roger Swain, host of ...

Eighteen months ago, I covered a large portion of my backyard with the seeds of white clover (Trifolium repens), also known as Dutch clover. This is the classic clover that grows in lawns and is ...

If you embrace the idea of 'No Mow May,' are looking for an alternative to traditional lawn grasses, or love blooms in a lawn, you should consider planting a clover lawn. But when should you plant?

As the trend for sustainable and low-maintenance yard solutions grows, many homeowners are turning to clover lawns. Formerly dismissed as a weed, clover is now celebrated for its benefits, bringing a ...

In the etymological timeline of the word lawn, we have laune from the 1540s, meaning "glade, open space in a forest or between woods." I can picture that—meadow-like clearings in the trees where low ...