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 ...

Ilana Strauss is a journalist who began writing for the Treehugger family in 2015. Her work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Cut, New York Magazine, and other publications. Amy Cox remembers the ...

Having a yard full of lush, green grass is a satisfying feeling for homeowners. For others, they envision their lawns being filled with clovers -- a symbol of St. Patrick’s Day -- all year. Growing ...

Plant a clover lawn as an easy-care, drought-tolerant grass alternative. Growing a clover lawn has become a hot topic on social media, which may seem surprising, given that clover has long been ...

“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 ...

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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 ...

Add clover to the lawn? For more than 70 years, clover has been viewed primarily as a “lawn weed” that’s to be eradicated along with the dandelions, chickweed, and crabgrass in pursuit of the ideal ...

More homeowners are taking an interest in supporting pollinators with awareness of the losses of the insects. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, many species of bees and other pollinators, ...