Local hardware store promoting clover lawns
In the grass seed section in the small hardware store I work at in Charleston, South Carolina, we have a display of clover seeds and a little sign promoting clover lawns.
We also sell it by the pound, and my boss orders the seed from a distributor that’s about an hour and a half away.
Downtown Charleston is a pretty formal-garden and turf-heavy area, so it was a nice surprise to see this!
Edited to add: so much helpful info here! The packing slip and receipt from the seed company differ. One says ‘crimson’ and the other says ‘red’ so we’re checking with them to see which it is.
Once we know, we’ll update the sign and bags with the correct info, and also add that red/crimson are not as lawn-y as white.
We do have a garden center with many native plants that does well (we do have petunias and roses and other popular plants to stay financially viable), and a staff member who has been taking university classes on local plants, so we’ll try pushing more people towards a combo if they still want a lawn.
If anyone knows of a local plant seed blend we could offer in our grass seed section, please let me know!