Landscapers that do clover lawn

[Anonymous]

Any landscaping companies in NoVa that do clover lawn?

[Anonymous]

You mean get rid of it?

[Anonymous]

No. I have a weedy lawn basically a mixture of grass, clover, stiltgrass and other weeds. Would like to turn it into a clover lawn or clover/grass mixed lawn

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. I have a weedy lawn basically a mixture of grass, clover, stiltgrass and other weeds. Would like to turn it into a clover lawn or clover/grass mixed lawn

You’re going to need to spray the whole thing with broadleaf herbicide and reseed. Will look bad for a year then good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I have a weedy lawn basically a mixture of grass, clover, stiltgrass and other weeds. Would like to turn it into a clover lawn or clover/grass mixed lawn

You’re going to need to spray the whole thing with broadleaf herbicide and reseed. Will look bad for a year then good.

Won't broadleaf herbicide do the opposite and just kill the clovers? The reason I'd like to get a landscaper to do it is to selectively rid the lawn of unwanted weeds and save the clovers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. I have a weedy lawn basically a mixture of grass, clover, stiltgrass and other weeds. Would like to turn it into a clover lawn or clover/grass mixed lawn

You’re going to need to spray the whole thing with broadleaf herbicide and reseed. Will look bad for a year then good.

Won't broadleaf herbicide do the opposite and just kill the clovers? The reason I'd like to get a landscaper to do it is to selectively rid the lawn of unwanted weeds and save the clovers

NP. There is no way to kill off the stiltgrass and weeds without taking out the clover. No herbicide is that specific. PP is right that you'd have to kill off the whole thing and then reseed with just clover. You'd probably have to repeat the kill/reseed process regularly to keep weeds out of your clover.

[Anonymous]

Clover is great except for the bees it attracts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clover is great except for the bees it attracts.

Isn't that what makes it a good pollinator?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clover is great except for the bees it attracts.

That’s the reason we plant it, duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clover is great except for the bees it attracts.

What's wrong with bees?

[Anonymous]

I don’t see why clover would be easier to maintain than grass.

[Anonymous]

People who do clover lawns are lazy and an embarrassment to the neighbors. That, or everyone else in the neighborhood has cr*p yards too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why clover would be easier to maintain than grass.

It's more tolerant to dry heat, doesn’t need to be watered as much.

It grows more slowly, so doesn't need to be cut as often.

It crowds out other weeds, instead of being crowded out by then.

It doesn't need as much fertlizer to thrive.

It returns nitrogen to the soil instead of depleting it, which is good for the lawn and any surrounding plants, so your whole yard will need less fertilizer.

Other than watering, weeding, cutting and fertilizing, what maintenance does your lawn require?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why clover would be easier to maintain than grass.

It's more tolerant to dry heat, doesn’t need to be watered as much.

It grows more slowly, so doesn't need to be cut as often.

It crowds out other weeds, instead of being crowded out by then.

It doesn't need as much fertlizer to thrive.

It returns nitrogen to the soil instead of depleting it, which is good for the lawn and any surrounding plants, so your whole yard will need less fertilizer.

Other than watering, weeding, cutting and fertilizing, what maintenance does your lawn require?

In my experience, clover do not crowd out other weeds. Instead, you will end up with a crappy weedy lawn, as PP stated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t see why clover would be easier to maintain than grass.

It's more tolerant to dry heat, doesn’t need to be watered as much.

It grows more slowly, so doesn't need to be cut as often.

It crowds out other weeds, instead of being crowded out by then.

It doesn't need as much fertlizer to thrive.

It returns nitrogen to the soil instead of depleting it, which is good for the lawn and any surrounding plants, so your whole yard will need less fertilizer.

Other than watering, weeding, cutting and fertilizing, what maintenance does your lawn require?

In my experience, clover do not crowd out other weeds. Instead, you will end up with a crappy weedy lawn, as PP stated.

I'm the PP. The clover so easily takes over, but not in a way that makes it look like a green lawn. It's patchy and uneven, and looks like someone is just letting their lawn go.