Trifolium Repens Puns

I ordered some white dutch white clover seeds form hancock seed co., but when it arrived the bag said "White Clover - Marco Polo".

I can't find any info on this, does anyone know if there is any difference in the naming? As long as it's Trifolium repens it shouldn't matter, right?

Edit:

For anyone wanting to know more:

https://smithseed.com/seed/forage/clovers/white-clover/dutch-white-clover

https://smithseed.com/seed/forage/clovers/white-clover/marco-polo

When we bought this suburban home outside of Seattle, it was a boring traditional lawn and the previous owners had used weed n feed and glyphosphate (they left it in the garage)

We bought some herb de lawn blend from PT lawn seed, overseeded with topsoil and now 4 years later, it's finally fully established, beautiful, soft underfoot, and a bee-heaven. https://ptlawnseed.com/products/pt-706-herb-de-lawn

mix is :

Perennial Ryegrass - Lolium perenne Hard Fescue - Festuca trachyphylla Quatro Tetraploid Sheep Fescue - Festuca ovina 'Quatro'White Yarrow - Achillea millefoliumWhite Clover - Trifolium repens Sweet Alyssum - Lobularia maritime Roman Chamomile - Chamaemelum nobile

What we learned:

• too much micro clover chokes out the rest and creates a tangled mess. (I overseeded too much in the start)
• a good blend of fescues and polyculture flowering herbs made it easier to manage, hardier, and drought-resistant.

https://preview.redd.it/faxv497tqd071.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27eb0d6b8764f84207430954f9f75e8c9779245b

• mow once a month to 5-6 inches but not long enough where the fescue falls.
• overseeding the original grass was fine but took longer for the clover roots to establish about 200sqft.
• a tiny bit of water to establish but now I don't water it at all and my lawn is the greenest on the block

happy to answer any questions you have.

edit: full shot of the front lawn

https://preview.redd.it/euune51rqd071.jpg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0044930cd600298fd5aab99572c431698c65fc8

The primary reason is that it's much more environmentally friendly, and requires about 1/5th the amount of watering compared to grass.

• It stays green all summer, with little or no watering
• It requires little or no mowing
• It attracts beneficial insects (like bees) to your yard which, in turn, help pollinate your garden.
• It never needs fertilizer
• It never needs herbicides
• It out-competes other weeds
• Clover grows well in poor soil
• It feels great on bare feet
• It is immune to "dog patches."
• It's inexpensive

Image: https://www.dreamscapegardens.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Clover-lawn.jpg

Info:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-clover-lawn-1.4126994

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/another-downside-to-your-classic-green-lawn-22716743/

https://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=40766

>Municipalities, Long Beach and Los Angeles for example, have offered rebate programs aimed at providing homeowners cash incentives to remove residential turf and replace it with water wise landscaping options (such as xeriscaping, native and drought resistant plants and rock or hardscape). Limited funding and mixed residential results have compromised widespread success rates for such programs.

>Indeed, micro-clover (extra dwarf Trifolium repens) has been utilized across Europe for well over a decade with great success.

https://earth911.com/home-garden/clover-lawn-improve-biodiversity/

https://dengarden.com/gardening/Clover-Lawns

http://www.gogreen.org/blog/the-environmental-impact-of-lawns

https://homegardenjoy.com/site/2016/03/leave-clover-lawn.html

The following are just a few grasses that work well as alternative Southern California lawns, with extensive water and maintenance savings (2015) https://www.latimes.com/home/la-hm-drought-grass-html-20150723-htmlstory.html

The putting-green yard sucks up to 10,000 gallons of water a year. So amateur scientist Jackson Madnick decided to breed a hardy, drought-resistant green grass. (2015) https://www.newsweek.com/grass-doesnt-need-water-could-keep-california-green-366871

Do your worst!

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

It’s pronounced “Noel.”