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Tired of Maintaining Your Rental’s Lawn?

Magnifying Glass Focused on a Clover FlowerA healthy, green lawn can significantly improve your Allen rental property’s curb appeal. But for single-family rental property owners, traditional lawn maintenance can often be a problem. Most tenants cannot be relied on to maintain the lawn to the standard that you like. Many tenants do not have any knowledge of lawn maintenance or may not want to put in the time and effort required.

Doing it yourself or hiring professional landscapers will cost you both time and money. If you want to stop struggling with lawn maintenance but still keep a green yard, it may be time to consider planting clover. Here are some advantages of planting clover for single-family rental property owners.

Pros & Cons to Growing Clover

Unlike most lawn grasses, clover has many benefits that can help boost your rental’s landscaping and appearance. For one, clovers are plants that fix atmospheric nitrogen, which all plants need to grow. Hence, planting clover not only makes your lawn a vivid green, but it will also make nearby plants healthier.

Drought-resistant clover also tends to stay greener longer than most grasses do with just regular watering. Clover is also a natural weed and pest deterrent, so it will lessen your frequency for bug spraying as well as save you time from pulling weeds out of the lawn. Finally, clover is very low maintenance. You won’t have to do much mowing since it only grows to a few inches in height.

Together with these benefits are a few disadvantages as well. Clover can stain clothing and is less resistant to trampling compared to other grasses. This is something you should consider for yards that get a lot of use. Clover also likes soil that stays moist, and it doesn’t do very well in very dry climates, like desert regions. If you choose to use clover, you would benefit from choosing one native to your area.

How to Plant

Clover is easy to plant and grow in many parts of the country. If you have an existing grass lawn, you can rake the top layer of soil and then seed clover right over the lawn. The clover will grow together with the grass, enriching the soil while making the grass healthier. If you want to use clover as a groundcover instead, you’ll need to start with damp, cultivated soil.

Just like how you would prepare for a lawn or wildflower garden, you prepare the ground and then sow the clover seeds. Clover quickly grows and will then cover the desired area with a vibrant green carpet of low-maintenance beauty.

Clover Types

You first need to choose the clover variety that best fits your climate and the soil in your rental property’s yard. Growing to a height of about 4 – 6 inches with pretty white flowers from time to time, the Dutch white clover is the most common clover used in lawns. This variety has gained popularity because of its resistance to drought. It also doesn’t grow too tall, but the flowers bother some people and must be mowed every few weeks.

A variety that’s even easier to maintain is the micro-clover. Micro-clovers are smaller than other clovers, with leaves half the size. It rarely blooms and, with occasional mowing, doesn’t grow above 4 inches high. Micro-clovers are rapidly gaining popularity because they are low maintenance.

A micro-clover lawn only needs to be mowed once a month or so, compared to weekly with most grasses. It is a very good option for anyone who wants less lawn maintenance but wants to improve a rental’s exterior appearance.

 

Would you like more ideas on how to reduce the maintenance of your rental property while maximizing curb appeal? Contact the local Allen property management experts at 469-820-0088.

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