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Microclover Lawn Pros and Cons: The Permanent Trade-Off
Microclover fixes its own nitrogen and feeds bees. It also ends whole-lawn broadleaf spraying forever, and dies back in winter. Extension seeding rates inside.

Clover seed for lawns and living mulch
★★★★☆ 4/5
our editor rating how we score4.3/5 from 15,163 shoppers at Amazon — their number, not ours.
$18–$25
Typical price · 2 lb bag. The bag's rate is 1/4–1/2 lb per 1,000 sq ft; UMN's bee-lawn rate is 1.1 oz — a clover stand versus a clover fraction
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The same plant our weed guide tells you how to kill — deliberately sown, for reasons that are real.
It is worth being straight about the contradiction: we publish a guide on getting rid of clover, and here is clover seed. Both are correct, because whether clover is a weed depends entirely on what you want. What it genuinely offers: it fixes its own nitrogen, so a clover fraction feeds the lawn around it and stays green through summer dry spells that brown the grass, and it flowers for pollinators. What it costs you: you give up broadleaf herbicides completely, because every three-way product on our site kills clover — so a clover lawn is a decision to manage weeds by density and hand-pulling instead. It also flowers, which means bees at ankle height, and that is a genuine consideration with bare feet and small children. Sow it into existing turf rather than alone unless you want a full clover lawn, and expect it to spread on its own once established.
Product type
Clover seed for lawns and living mulch
Active ingredient
Price range
$18–$25
Coverage
2 lb bag. The bag's rate is 1/4–1/2 lb per 1,000 sq ft; UMN's bee-lawn rate is 1.1 oz — a clover stand versus a clover fraction
Best for
Adding a nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant fraction to a lawn you are willing to stop spraying broadleaf herbicide on
our editor rating
4 out of 5
Common questions
Outsidepride Perennial White Dutch Clover Seed typically runs $18–$25, covering 2 lb bag. The bag's rate is 1/4–1/2 lb per 1,000 sq ft; UMN's bee-lawn rate is 1.1 oz — a clover stand versus a clover fraction.
Rules out every three-way broadleaf herbicide on this site
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Lawn Care Guides
Microclover fixes its own nitrogen and feeds bees. It also ends whole-lawn broadleaf spraying forever, and dies back in winter. Extension seeding rates inside.

Weed Control
Clover spreads where nitrogen is short — it makes its own. Feed the turf and it recedes. If you still want it out, four actives work and one popular one is absent.

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