The little, suburban lawns in my neighborhood generally all have clover making an appearance, though it doesn't take over. Most people only notice it during the first bloom or two, when it's growing fast enough for the flowers to form before the lawn needs cutting. The white puffs look great scattered around, in my opinion, now and then a yellow mixed in. I took it a step further and sprinkled some extra clover seed, especially in the back yard where the squirrels like to dig - the grass isn't so great after a squirrel party but the added clover fills in fast. I also purchased some pink clover seed - not sure exactly what it's called, but the pink refers to the flower color, which leans more toward a pale purple. It grows up to about 2 feet tall unattended and can be found locally in fields, etc. But it's great to fill in any mostly to partly space with nice blooms that will go all season. I have a new curbside cherry tree the village installed a few years ago, which I surrounded with clover at the base. I didn't want to dig and disturb the newly planted tree by inserting flowers from the nursery, and clover is beneficial to the soil, so I sprinkled seeds. I had cool clover greenery within a few weeks, followed by tons of purplish puff flowers. Water daily, lightly, until germinated and that's all you have to do unless you see the plants wilt during extreme dry spells. I do water the cherry tree deeply a few times each season and the clover tolerate the damp no problem, too. The blooms can be cut and will last in a small vase sometimes up to a week indoors. Once the flowers fade the first time, just cut the clover down by about half - it will come back very fast and look great again in a week. I cut it back about 3 or 4 times each season, takes only a minute or two, and I have blooms around the cherry tree well into October. I like that most people don't know what it is unless they look closely at the leaves and I like that it's not the typical impatiens or marigolds, etc. Added bonuses: it comes back every year, of course, the seed is inexpensive, the nitrogen boosts the soil and my cherry tree is the biggest in the area - the village planted tons of them after having to removed dead ash trees, killed by the ash borer beetle a few years ago, to halt the infestation. I can't think of any other explanation why my cherry tree is easily two and a half times bigger than all the others but for the clover and the fact that I watered the clover seed along with the tree. I have some clover patches here and there in other parts of the garden that I let grow tall and bloom, too. Highly recommend. Very easy to tend and unique.
The little, suburban lawns in my neighborhood generally all have clover making an appearance, though it doesn't take over. Most people only notice it during the first bloom or two, when it's growing fast enough for the flowers to form before the lawn needs cutting. The white puffs look great scattered around, in my opinion, now and then a yellow mixed in. I took it a step further and sprinkled some extra clover seed, especially in the back yard where the squirrels like to dig - the grass isn't so great after a squirrel party but the added clover fills in fast. I also purchased some pink clover seed - not sure exactly what it's called, but the pink refers to the flower color, which leans more toward a pale purple. It grows up to about 2 feet tall unattended and can be found locally in fields, etc. But it's great to fill in any mostly to partly space with nice blooms that will go all season. I have a new curbside cherry tree the village installed a few years ago, which I surrounded with clover at the base. I didn't want to dig and disturb the newly planted tree by inserting flowers from the nursery, and clover is beneficial to the soil, so I sprinkled seeds. I had cool clover greenery within a few weeks, followed by tons of purplish puff flowers. Water daily, lightly, until germinated and that's all you have to do unless you see the plants wilt during extreme dry spells. I do water the cherry tree deeply a few times each season and the clover tolerate the damp no problem, too. The blooms can be cut and will last in a small vase sometimes up to a week indoors. Once the flowers fade the first time, just cut the clover down by about half - it will come back very fast and look great again in a week. I cut it back about 3 or 4 times each season, takes only a minute or two, and I have blooms around the cherry tree well into October. I like that most people don't know what it is unless they look closely at the leaves and I like that it's not the typical impatiens or marigolds, etc. Added bonuses: it comes back every year, of course, the seed is inexpensive, the nitrogen boosts the soil and my cherry tree is the biggest in the area - the village planted tons of them after having to removed dead ash trees, killed by the ash borer beetle a few years ago, to halt the infestation. I can't think of any other explanation why my cherry tree is easily two and a half times bigger than all the others but for the clover and the fact that I watered the clover seed along with the tree. I have some clover patches here and there in other parts of the garden that I let grow tall and bloom, too. Highly recommend. Very easy to tend and unique.