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Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
Good day all,
For several weeks, I've noticed a patch of my lawn (about 1 metre diameter) that is a yellower shade of green than the rest of the lawn. On closer examination, I find that this patch has been invaded by an unusual-looking variety of clover which has totally smothered all the grass that was once there. Like your usual clover, each leaf is in triplicate, but the leaves are smaller and more triangular, and each leaf has a brown speck in the middle. It seems to be spreading via runners. The dark brown runners are particularly strong and wirey. Is anyone familiar with this invader, and can you suggest a way to eradicate it? Many thanks, on this grey drizzly day! Al |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 27/06/2014 11:32, AL_n wrote:
Good day all, For several weeks, I've noticed a patch of my lawn (about 1 metre diameter) that is a yellower shade of green than the rest of the lawn. On closer examination, I find that this patch has been invaded by an unusual-looking variety of clover which has totally smothered all the grass that was once there. Like your usual clover, each leaf is in triplicate, but the leaves are smaller and more triangular, and each leaf has a brown speck in the middle. It seems to be spreading via runners. The dark brown runners are particularly strong and wirey. Is anyone familiar with this invader, and can you suggest a way to eradicate it? Many thanks, on this grey drizzly day! Spotted Medick perhaps. http://www.seasonalwildflowers.com/a...ed-medick.html Trefoil type plants in lawns seem quite hard to get rid of unless you use a selective lawn weed herbicide. My other half uses a noxious liquid chemical called Verdone Extra to deal with Lesser Trefoil, Medick and similar lawn colonisers. Personally, I'd rather have a pink and white clover lawn, with some speedwell for good measure, and let the daisies and other low growing wild things colonise as they will, but so far I haven't managed to persuade him. -- Sue |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 12:33:10 +0100, Indigo
wrote: On 27/06/2014 11:32, AL_n wrote: Good day all, For several weeks, I've noticed a patch of my lawn (about 1 metre diameter) that is a yellower shade of green than the rest of the lawn. On closer examination, I find that this patch has been invaded by an unusual-looking variety of clover which has totally smothered all the grass that was once there. Like your usual clover, each leaf is in triplicate, but the leaves are smaller and more triangular, and each leaf has a brown speck in the middle. It seems to be spreading via runners. The dark brown runners are particularly strong and wirey. Is anyone familiar with this invader, and can you suggest a way to eradicate it? Many thanks, on this grey drizzly day! Spotted Medick perhaps. http://www.seasonalwildflowers.com/a...ed-medick.html Trefoil type plants in lawns seem quite hard to get rid of unless you use a selective lawn weed herbicide. My other half uses a noxious liquid chemical called Verdone Extra to deal with Lesser Trefoil, Medick and similar lawn colonisers. Personally, I'd rather have a pink and white clover lawn, with some speedwell for good measure, and let the daisies and other low growing wild things colonise as they will, but so far I haven't managed to persuade him. I agree with you. Trefoil and many other lawn components look better than just plain grass. My house had a manicured lawn when I first bought the property. I hated it until it reverted to a real lawn. Steve -- Neural Network Software http://www.npsnn.com EasyNN-plus More than just a neural network http://www.easynn.com SwingNN Prediction software http://www.swingnn.com JustNN Just a neural network http://www.justnn.com |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 27/06/14 12:47, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
I agree with you. Trefoil and many other lawn components look better than just plain grass. My house had a manicured lawn when I first bought the property. I hated it until it reverted to a real lawn. Steve +1. I like daisies, buttercups and clover and random other things - especially when they pop up to flower once in a while. I do not like the big flat broadleafed weeds though - I spot blast those with Verdona selective spray which seems to dispatch them without doing much damage to the things I do like. |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 27/06/2014 13:45, Tim Watts wrote:
On 27/06/14 12:47, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote: I agree with you. Trefoil and many other lawn components look better than just plain grass. My house had a manicured lawn when I first bought the property. I hated it until it reverted to a real lawn. Steve +1. I like daisies, buttercups and clover and random other things - especially when they pop up to flower once in a while. I don't like dandelions or buttercups in my lawn at all or too many daisies, but I will let any other low growing flowering plant survive so long as it isn't too invasive. Monoculture looks too boring. I have had a few highly coloured Bellis cultivars seed themselves into the lawn from time to time and I try to keep them going. I do not like the big flat broadleafed weeds though - I spot blast those with Verdona selective spray which seems to dispatch them without doing much damage to the things I do like. Dandelions come out very satisfyingly with a 12" screwdrive down the tap root and a sharp lever action. -- Regards, Martin Brown |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 27/06/2014 14:01, AL_n wrote:
Indigo wrote in news:L- : http://www.seasonalwildflowers.com/a...ed-medick.html Yes, it could be that. The leaves on mine are heart-shaped, on closer examination (not "triangular" as I previously stated - sorry). Thanks for the suggestions. I will turf out the affected patch and re-plant with "Eco-Lawn" seed, which is what I have been using on the other part of my garden that I turned into lawn. If any of the spotted medic remains, I'll probably purchase that selective weedkiller you kindly suggested. Actually, this strain of spotted medic looks like it would make quite an effective maintenance-free lawn in itself! It seems to require no cutting, and seems to effectively smother everything in its path. So, perhaps I should just let it run riot, until my entire lawn is 100% spotted medic! However it looks kind of ugly whwn only 1 sq mtr of the lawn is affected. Al Think this is what you have http://www.perennials.com/plants/tri...ons-blood.html |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
David Hill wrote in news:c15cnsFrj5hU1
@mid.individual.net: http://www.perennials.com/plants/tri...ons-blood.html Similar, but mine has tiny yellow flowers and a single speckle in the middle of each small heart-shaped leaf. The leaves are much smaller than the average clover. Al |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 28/06/2014 00:07, AL_n wrote:
David Hill wrote in news:c15cnsFrj5hU1 @mid.individual.net: http://www.perennials.com/plants/tri...ons-blood.html Similar, but mine has tiny yellow flowers and a single speckle in the middle of each small heart-shaped leaf. The leaves are much smaller than the average clover. Al Try yellow suckling clover, lesser trefoil, trifolium Different names for the same plant |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 28/06/2014 00:51, David Hill wrote:
On 28/06/2014 00:07, AL_n wrote: David Hill wrote in news:c15cnsFrj5hU1 @mid.individual.net: http://www.perennials.com/plants/tri...ons-blood.html Similar, but mine has tiny yellow flowers and a single speckle in the middle of each small heart-shaped leaf. The leaves are much smaller than the average clover. Al Try yellow suckling clover, lesser trefoil, trifolium Different names for the same plant The previously suggested spotted medick seems a better match. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 27/06/2014 13:45, Tim Watts wrote:
+1. I like daisies, buttercups and clover and random other things - especially when they pop up to flower once in a while. It's when a Bee orchid appeared I knew I was doing it right :) Andy -- Actually it may have been there for years, we only bought the place last autumn. But the PO obviously wasn't a lawn fanatic either. |
Odd kind of clover invading my lawn...
On 29/06/14 21:54, Vir Campestris wrote:
On 27/06/2014 13:45, Tim Watts wrote: +1. I like daisies, buttercups and clover and random other things - especially when they pop up to flower once in a while. It's when a Bee orchid appeared I knew I was doing it right :) Andy Wow... I like having a "controlled" meadow garden. Since I took a Bosch verticutter to it and removed about 5m3 of moss and thatch, the grass is a lot happier (I did overseed with grass and clover and some meadow flower mixed seeds) - and the birds love it because the worms are easy to find. We have at least 2 blackbird families and a very round dove that are always about. When the lawn flowers, bees are floating around everywhere. And at night snails come out in their dozens. I do not grow vegetables so they bother me not - and the birds like them too. |
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