Outsidepride Perennial White Dutch Clover Seed - 5 lbs. Nitrocoated, Inoculated Clover Seeds for Lawn Alternative, Erosion Control, Food Plots, Ground Cover, & Pasture Mixtures in USDA Zones 3-10

I put zero effort planting this. It’s only the third day and there is a tone of clover already growing

Wow, these are premium seeds. Sewed them right before a rain. And I believe every single seed came up. Very healthy looking and the coverage is exactly what I wanted. Using as a ground cover and for the value I am very satisfied. This is a great variety for a lot of different areas. This variety does not get very tall but it attracts a lot of honeybees to my property, which is excellent for anyone who loves to grow anything.

I have gone through several of these bags. I find that the seeds germinate within two to three days and as long as you keep them moist the first few days at least, they grow really well, even in poor soil. I have never had a problem with these seeds not growing. The plants make beautiful white flowers that bumblebees love, and sadly some wild rabbits seem to like them too. I have not seen any other seeds in the package. Also I live in Calgary Canada, zone 3, and the plants survive a nasty winter fine. If you water them well they do make seeds and also spread. And yes they do push out dandelions and bluebells and other things, but I find that only happens if you have a large enough cluster of clover. One individual plant may get swamped by grass around it if yo water it lots, but a cluster that you water well will expand.

I can't believe these seeds and white clover! I'd had very minimal experience with clover but needed something to seed in difficult soil, erosion prone soil. So, I thought I'd give these Outsidepride white dutch clover seeds a try. This area really needed something tough, easy and fast growing with seeding in poorly prepared and packed soil. I thought hoping seeds would germinate and grow in those conditions and at this LATE time (mid-June) for seeding something would be a long shot. There are several sizes of packaging at a good price, so you can purchase based on need. I did minimal prep and tossed these seeds in the bare areas and began what turned out to be a very short wait. And it was June 19 when I sewed them so temps in the mid-80's. But fortunately, plenty of rain. Within 6 days I noted a thick green sprouts, then very quickly to what now is a dense coverage of small plants. At this rate I should have mowable coverage within a few weeks. Turns out that in addition to being a tough plant, clover is environmental healthy and soil friendly as well since they affix nitrogen to the soil. Plus, clover is extremely pest resistant I discovered through research, and once mature, should secure the soil against erosion, at a height similar to grass and can be mowed normally. Glad I gave this a try. I'm really confident the clover will continue growing and will bloom within a month or less.

I am very pleased with the germination rate of the clover I received in this order. I will be posting photos with the progress of my clover lawn. Photo #1: 5 lb bag of clover seeds Photo #2: clover lawn after 5 days Photo #3: clover lawn after 15 days Photo #4 & #5: clover after 23 days, clover after 23 days close-up Photo #5 clover after 30 days Photo #6 clover after 45 days -> appearance of flowers, this is my final photo I have a lot of lawn and due to back problems limited ability to care for it as well as I should to keep it nice and green. Following a construction project late last fall a large area of my lawn became a patch of clay. After reading about eco lawns I decided to try to reseed the bold patch with clover rather than grass. I selected white Dutch clover because it is low growing (it reaches 4 inches when it matures) and was rated well for the North East region where I live. I liked that Clover is a perennial and will propagate on its own. I like that Clover helps grass grow. Nitrogen-fixing bacteria that form nodules on the roots of the clover fix nitrogen from the air and increases the nitrogen in the lawn helping the grass to grow. What was important to me that clover grows vigorously even in poor soil, which is exactly what I have. I read that the ideal time to plant is mid-April before grass starts growing quickly and provides competition for water. It can be planted later in the season as well, by then watering frequently becomes crucial for clover lawn establishment. I planted my clover in the third week of April, seeding some over the new grass that just started growing, some in the clay left by the construction, and some over patches that had dead grass. Some information I found indicates that you need both clover AND grass to make a "clover lawn" as they are complementary in their ecological functioning and one supports the other. By planting my clover in several ways I will be able to see if I also need to add grass seed to the clover lawn. The instructions said not to spread them by hand, so I came up with the following solution. I used a large spice bottle (the kind you get at Costco) and opened the side with the round holes and used it as a shaker to spread the seeds. I watered daily (if there was no rain). The instructions said you only need to do it for 7 to 10 days, but I am still watering to insure good growth. I will continue to update this review with new photos to there is a record of growth. Update 8/8/11 One section of my lawn which included clover is mowed regularly once a week. The clover did not survive many weeks of mowing. It came back a couple of times, but eventually died out completely. A section that has not been mowed still has healthy looking clover. Update 10/17/11 In the fall the regular mowing ended and I am happy to report that the clover came back in the section which was regularly mowed and where it stopped growing during the summer! Ali Julia review