So I threw some white clover seed down a few years ago and am now starting to hate how its growing.
Some of the clover in the back grew really small and cute, but my front yard is producing clover with big hard vines that grow really tall and rapidly spreading. It's not even nice to walk on because the vines are tough.
Why did some of the clover become small, while theses ones were big and viney?
by cutchemist42
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Also I live in the Canadian Prairies, Saskatoon.
different conditions.
Maybe make like a physical paving/edging stone barrier
So jealous. My wife’s allergic to grass, been trying to cover my yard in this for 3 years.
I have the same situation on my area, within 50′ of each other, but I wanted the larger clover to avoid people walking across the area. Not sure why it grows different heights.
You can mow it high to cut it down some, and it will recover. Just don’t cut it low. I do mine at the highest mower setting.
Is it killing other plants you want, or just taking over bare ground? I think it looks great but it’s not hard to pull out and eradicate if you hate it.
I’d remove it, yes. It won’t play well with other desirable plants.
Must have some terrific soil eh!
Clover makes a great living mulch. It helps keep other weeds from growing. You can cut it down and use it around your desirable plants as mulch/fertilizer. But don’t kill it. It’s a great pollinator food source when nothing else is in bloom.
Advice? The clover is beautiful. I’ve left mine alive.
What’s the vision? I think it looks great as is.
Rip it out as best you can and replace with wild strawberry.
It’s too happy there, give it some competition (taller neighbors, who shade it out and drink some of the available water).
Or you can mow it regularly, that’ll train it to grow lower.
Or you can tear it out! I’d replace it tho, bare mulch is never an improvement. If you want a walkthru there, put some flat stones down and plant around them.
Weed it out, then maybe tarp it for a while?
Leave it! Aesthetically you need the negative space and it provides that perfectly
This is my dream. Been wanting clover everywhere. Can you send it my way?
They don’t usually choke out other plants they just go around them. Looks like white clover. They don’t as long as pink or crimson. But they do spread out. You can cut them down
White clover is NOT native to North America at ALL. I wish people would stop using it as an alternative lawn because just like traditional lawns, it isn’t really beneficial to native pollinators. I’m not sure of alternatives in your area since I do not live near you, but yes, I would say it’s best to just tear it out and use something different and importantly native