white clover
noun
: a Eurasian clover (Trifolium repens) with round heads of white flowers that is widely used in lawn and pasture grass-seed mixtures and is an important source of nectar for honeybees
called also Dutch clover, white Dutch clover
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Bee lawns, originally developed by researchers at the University of Minnesota, combine white clover, shelf-heal, and creeping thyme flowers with fine fescue grass.
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Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
This will encourage more weeds like white clover to grow, strengthening your lawn with extra nutrients.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
These round flowers are white clover (Trifolium repens), a low-growing broadleaf perennial weed with creeping stems, which allow the plant to spread quickly.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 June 2023
Just having weeds might include some good flowers, like white clover or violets, but a tall lawn that grows multiple inches isn't going to do as much for bees.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
In central Kentucky, for example, more than 25 species of bees were recorded visiting dandelion and white clover in both urban and suburban laws.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
Honeybees and other pollinators forage on patches of white clover blooming in lawns.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
The bottle the team was looking for contains over a thousand seeds: 50 each of 21 different species, from black mustard to white clover to redroot amaranth.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021
The other main plus to white clover, besides a long growing season and palatability, is that this plant is a perennial.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
This will encourage more weeds like white clover to grow, strengthening your lawn with extra nutrients.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
These round flowers are white clover (Trifolium repens), a low-growing broadleaf perennial weed with creeping stems, which allow the plant to spread quickly.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 25 June 2023
Just having weeds might include some good flowers, like white clover or violets, but a tall lawn that grows multiple inches isn't going to do as much for bees.
—Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2023
In central Kentucky, for example, more than 25 species of bees were recorded visiting dandelion and white clover in both urban and suburban laws.
—Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 1 May 2023
Honeybees and other pollinators forage on patches of white clover blooming in lawns.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 3 June 2021
The bottle the team was looking for contains over a thousand seeds: 50 each of 21 different species, from black mustard to white clover to redroot amaranth.
—New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021
The other main plus to white clover, besides a long growing season and palatability, is that this plant is a perennial.
—Gerald Almy, Field & Stream, 28 May 2020
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