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 ...

Q I have an ornamental sumac that needs ... something. I know their growth structure is "organic" to say the least, but mine is completely one-sided. It is about 5-foot-by-5-foot and about 5 years old ...

Question: I have clover taking over my lawn, and a friend told me that she thought there was a fertilizer that clover does not like that I could lay on the grass, thereby deterring the clover from ...

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 ...

If the American public would redefine the word weed, honeybees could be — quite literally — in clover, as the expression goes. As I’ve driven through older neighborhoods in the past few weeks, I’ve ...

Q: My wife wants to sow Dutch white clover to help the pollinators at our cabin. Can you give guidance on how to prepare a lot for growing such?John miller, Decatur A: Before World War II, clover was ...

It’s a reflex for many of us around this time of year to spread fertilizer over our lawns. We may do this out of habit, but like any habit, this one has consequences, many of them not so good. If you ...

During the 1950s, clover went from a vital component of a healthy lawn to a noxious and despised weed. The downfall of clover can be traced back to the commercial release of the herbicide 2,4-D in ...