Pennington Clover & Grass Seed, Sun to Partial Shade, Drought Tolerant, Low-Maintenance Grass, 7 lb.

i have a large portion in the yard that i needed to cover. the soil there is rocky and terrible. i put a layer of topsoil and spread the seed. because of heavy rain and erosion i bought a second bag and filled in where needed. it looks great and as a beekeeper hobbyist, I'm giving a good bector source to my bees. i will be buying more.

We live in Los Angeles. The grass around our home used to look lush and lovely. The drought and recent strict, city, water restrictions turned our green grass lawn into a parched brown thatch. Pennington smart seed clover grass seed mix seemed like the idea solution for our front and backyard bare areas. The Durana white clover used in the Pennington mix needs less water, less fertilizer and less maintenance. The clover needs 4-6 hours of sun a day. The directions say to plant ¼ inch deep and the growth will establish quickly in 7-21 days. The clover grass seed mix lasts for years. The mix is good for slopes and hills and our front yard is slightly sloped! We read the instructions, we prepared the area by raking the thatch and soil. We were ready to plant the seed mix. The seed mix is colored green. It will be easy to see the green mix and determine if we have spread the mix evenly. Then, the recent rains came to our area. We are happy to see the rain after the severe drought conditions we've had here. We have not been able to plant the seed mix in these severe rain storms, though. As soon as one storm leaves another storm is on the way. The best time to plant the mix is when the temperatures are 60-80F for “Spring” and “Fall”. We have time on our side, the temperatures will be in that range for a while.We hope next week the rains will leave and we can plant the mix. Here are 2 “before” photos of our back lawn. Hopefully the rains will stop soon. We will then sprinkle the mix on the bare thatch areas.