Clover Seeds and Winter Pansies

When we moved to DC twelve years ago we had a professional landscaper plan and implement our little patio garden. Things have changed over the years. This little patio garden has been ripped up at least two times for building related issues. Over the last few weeks more work was done to the building foundation that required digging up the garden - again - two feet wide all along the wall. So we lost our trellis with purple sage, two other bushes, a climatis vine, and the grass lawn. So we needed to figure out what we should do this time. Rather than plant grass along the wall, it seemed like clover seeds might be a nice alternative and we wouldn’t mind as much if it gets ripped up the next time. The grass never filled in anyway, and I read that at one time clover lawns were all the rage! So we asked the groundskeeper if he could get some mulch and fill in the space, rearrange the stones so they wouldn’t wobble, sprinkle the clover seeds, and plant a few winter pansies on the side where we lost all of our annual plants. If nothing else the area now looks neater, and will be even better when the clover starts to grow, fill in, and the green overtakes the brown mulch. Hopefully there will be a few sunny days and warmer temps ahead for the garden to get readjusted. At least we don’t have to look at a trench anymore.