Scotts Turf Builder Clover Lawn, Greener Lawn with Less Maintenance, 2 lbs.

I love love having clover! And this seed worked perfectly. It's not a mixture of grass and clover, it's just pure clover. Worked best over loose soil or in areas with thinner grass that got lots of sun and moisture. I planted it kind of late in the spring and it really only took hold in one corner of my yard, where the dirt was loose and had already been weeded. By mid-summer, I had a great thick patch and it never got tall enough to need mowing, ever! Can't wait to try again in other areas this coming spring.One bag of this stuff goes a really long way. Somewhere I read to mix the clover seeds with sand (possibly 50/50 or even more?) before you spread it with a spreader. The seeds are teeny tiny and you don't need to spread them at the same rate as grass (or something), so the sand helps evenly disperse them. Mixing it with sand worked perfectly for me.Note, which shouldn't be surprising, but nevertheless: The seeds didn't take hold in packed dirt, or in areas that couldn't get much sun. A truck tire left holes in my lawn, so I filled the holes with soil and spread the clover seeds, thinking they'd mix well with the grass but I think the seed couldn't get enough sun (either from the grass being too shady or from trees) so the holes never filled with much other than weeds. I'll try a different method next time.

We got these to help fill in our lawn after last summer’s draught killed off quite a bit of our grass out back. Clover are more environmentally friendly and easier to maintain so we thought we’d try it. These babies germinate within 48 hours if you keep them moist and don’t need much of a cover layer to protect them. Ours survived and then flourished after several weeks of heavy downpours on our very sandy soil. We actually ordered more to fill in more spots after the first two bags were so successful. Bonus is the bees with love them.

After throwing down the seeds over a large spot of my yard I dug up to fix a plumbing problem, I gave it all a light covering of saw dust to help hold the moisture and shield it from the direct sunlight. This seemed to really help it out, as the small area I missed with sawdust was no where near as fast to grow. Watered it daily, just to keep the soil moist and threw down a little bit of lime to counteract my slightly acidic soil.So far, it has survived my 2 dogs running across it and my wife and I carefully walking over it. If it wouldn't block access to the back yard, I would have barricaded it off, but I am very happy it is hearty enough to survive this kind of thing! I also realized far too late that I had comically over-seeded the area, since I was just hand-throwing the seed, but it doesn't seem to have been a problem.The picture of the clover puppies is 2-3 months after planting. It takes a while to establish itself and doesn't show much growth at all for several weeks. I was beginning to think the seeds were duds, then seemingly overnight, the clover exploded out of the ground, so be patient!Supposedly, it will grow in all climate zones, as well as shade/direct sunlight, and is drought resistant. We'll have to see how it handles a frigid Alaskan winter, whether or not it will survive the limited rain under my deck and the area of dense shade. I'm trying to be optimistic, but only time will tell.The product picture makes it look like a deceptively large bag of seeds since it doesn't give you anything for scale, so I was surprised at how small the bag was in real life. I attached a picture to give you an idea of how small of a bag it is. This is why I knocked off a star.

I over-seeded them in early spring. Germination was slow and sporadic, but they are growing well once the weather has warmed up. Pretty flowers and spent flowers do look like strawberries. They have not filled the site (about 50% now in Aug). I'm waiting to see how far they will grow this season, and I will likely repeat the process next year to get better coverage and density.It's expensive compared to more common clovers, but strawberry clovers are hard to find.

I don’t know what’s going wrong, but these will grow in some areas, and completely refuse to grow in other areas of the same yard, same lawn, same soil. A few areas, they came up in small patches, but others they refused to come up at all, in spite of 2x daily watering and warm temperatures. Again, some came up. I came back here searching for tips from other reviewers.After all the positive reviews, I’m pretty disappointed at how poorly these seeds have performed. I’ve purchased 3 bags now and keep trying, with no results. The areas I’m trying to cover used to have grass, but leaves left over winter killed it. There shouldn’t be anything wrong with the soil, it’s just cottonwood leaves that also fall on the areas where the grass is fine, but something about an over winter pile, and nothing will grow there now. I don’t know what to do, this has been mostly a waste of time, money, and water.Would love to see more guidance in the product description, or any sort of support or guidance anywhere. I followed the directions, and they won’t come up. I thought the “turf builder” brand would be successful, but it’s not.

Not at all drought-tolerant.I was optimistic about this product after I first sowed the seeds. They germinated fast and thrived for about 2 months. Then, as soon as a heat wave hit and there was a week without rain, all the clover died, while the grass around it survived. They should not claim this is a product that survives short-term drought conditions. It didn't even survive a week of 85-90 degree rainless weather. This is very disappointing.