Flaver lawn, features and characteristics. Clover as lawn grass: features, landing and care

A neat and well-kept lawn on the household plot is a dream of many. But in order for the lawn to become the pride of its owner, you need to make a lot of time, forces and finances, which, unfortunately, do not have everything. Untimely and bad care for the grass will negate all the earlier efforts, and will lead to the fact that the lawn will lose its decorativeness and attractiveness.

Content

The clover lawn is the ideal option for those who cannot daily devote part of their time haircut lawn. In this article we will tell you in detail about clover, its merits and disadvantages, as well as the peculiarities of care.

What is a clover

This is a long-term grassy culture of the bean family with emerald green leaves and small spherical inflorescences. Clover has a property of growing through the territory in the form of a solid dense carpet, no more than 10 cm high. It is quite quickly strengthened by roots in the soil, filling itself all the free squares on the plot.

In our latitudes there are about 70 different types of shafts, the most common of which are considered such varieties:

creeping;
gray blue;
yellow;
hudeni;
brandgie.

Sometimes in landscape design uses a specially derived variety of clover called "Barbanian" is a hybrid plant with white and pink flowers. If you do not have the opportunity to find on sale of its seeds, you can plant an ordinary creep shaded.

Advantages of clover as lawn grass

White clover for the lawn is considered the most successful among other types, because after it stops on the lawn, bare stems remain. The territory, eliminated by a fluffy green carpet of a trilisk, looks pretty beautiful, and the plant itself has a number of advantages:

it is unpretentious, so it feels great in any changeable climate;
the type of soil for clover does not matter, it does not require frequent watering and feeding fertilizers;
the land on which this culture grows is actively equipped with nitrogen;
the tribal - a honey plant, if you cut it infrequently, it attracts bees and other pollinating insects;
the clover for the lawn is also good in that it is quite quickly growing, turning into a dense carpet and covering everything is properly on the plot;
it is resistant to pulling, has a property to recover in a short time;
the period of his flowering continues for a long time - from May to mid-autumn;
with proper care, the clover can not be updated within 7-8 years.

Lawn Disadvantages from the Trilister

the need for constant haircut and removal of dead inflorescences;
in places of growing clover, the moisture of the soil is always increased, which leads to the reproduction of snails and slugs there;
this grass is inclined to affect various fungal diseases;
the clover can quickly grow out of the lawn and becoming weed on neighboring beds, which, besides, is pretty hard to remove.

In order to make a complete picture of this plant as a phytodizain element, you can read the reviews about the clover lawn on the Internet.

Clover landing

To create a beautiful and neat lawn from the tribal, we recommend sticking to some rules:

Clover landing can be produced, starting from the middle of the spring, while the air temperature reaches + 13-15 ° C.
On 1 m² of the lawn area should have approximately 20 g of seeds.
Before sowing the soil, it is necessary to switch well, clean from weeding plants and garbage, align and compact a little.
Remember that the shaded tribal saturates the soil with nitrogen, so do not overdo the fertilizers. If you add them too much, there is an excessive growth of weeds.
The clover seeds for lawn is best to buy in the horticultural store, where they are presented in a large assortment.
Seying the grass follows along and across the lawn - so the green carpet will look most evenly. After landing, the seeds need to be poured with a layer of land with a thickness of 1 cm and a little tamping the soil. If sowing occurs in a hot season, enrich the soil peat, which will delay moisture for a long time.
For decorative lawn, a variety called "Rivendel" is perfect. It does not grow above 10 cm, has bright leaves and a large amount of inflorescences.
If desired, clover seeds can be combined with other plants, for example, with cereals. In this case, the rest of the cultures will require additional feeding, otherwise the tribal will drown them.
Flowers clover for the second year after landing, this period lasts from May to July. Then the lawn is sticking, and from August to October, the clover has another phase of flowering.
If you do not provide this culture of the necessary care, the shaded tribal begins to fall out, forming propellars. After a while, empty places on the lawn overlapping weeds and all his decorative is lost.
Cut the clover better with the help of a garden trimmer. In this case, it is faster renewed and produces a large number of inflorescences.

You can see the white clover lawn in the photo:

Clover lawn care

The lawn, fallen by this plant, must be constantly maintained in a neat and beautiful form, for this, take into account some subtleties:

Triliste is unpretentious to the soil, he feels well on dry sandy or clay land, without requiring frequent and abundant irrigation.
Clover Sunmilative, in the shade he is uncomfortable, so do not sit nearby with Him high shrubs and thick herbs.
Too much moisturizer of soil and air in the places of grieving the tribal depress plant, slow down its development and worsen blossoms.
When sowing clover, it is better to reduce the number of nitrogen fertilizers or not to bring them into the ground. When buying comprehensive fertilizers, also make sure that they do not contain the components of the nitrogen group, it is better to use potassium-based feeding and phosphorus.
If you decide to make a combined lawn, take into account that the share of clover seeds in the composition of the grassmery should not be more than 6-7%.
Regular haircuts - the guarantee of the beauty of the lawn from the tribal. It is believed that it is best to cut a plant at a height of 3-4 cm from the ground level.