Get This Look: 7 Yard Ideas From Microclover To Meadows
Dig In With Better Yard Solutions From American Meadows
Looking for garden ideas, front yard ideas, or backyard landscaping ideas? You’ve found your one-stop-shop for everything you need, from microclover to meadows and everything in between. Our Better Yard Solutions include exclusive wildflower seed mixes, lawn seeds, pre-planned gardens, and bulb collections to help you make your yard better than ever.
Microclover Lawn
Have town or HOA restrictions on what can grow in your front yard, or you want an area to walk and play? Microclover is a great option for a low-maintenance lawn that looks as lush and green as possible. You'll need less watering - no fertilizing, herbicides, or pesticides - and less mowing!
Tips To Get This Look
- Overseed your lawn with Microclover, or grow a Microclover mix with grass.
- Add curb appeal and support pollinators with a native perennial garden!
Learn More: All About Microclover
Solutions For Shade
If your yards features tall trees, or if you have neighboring buildings and fences that block your light, you need solutions for shade. Microclover is one of our most shade-tolerant lawn options, and you can grow an abundance of beautiful plants that thrive in the shade.
Tips To Get This Look
- In this back yard, naturalistic garden beds with flowing lines connect the trees in your landscape (and making mowing easier)
- Overseed your lawn with Microclover, or grow a Microclover mix with grass.
Learn More: Well-Designed Shade Garden
Perennial Pollinator Plants
Perennials are long-lasting plants that get better with each passing season. Our team has curated beautiful pre-planned gardens and plant collections for shade, deer resistant planting, attracting your favorite pollinators, and more.
Tips To Get This Look
- Plant a perennial border along your home to brighten your yard and add curb appeal.
- Make planning easy with our collections and pre-planned gardens!
Learn More: How To Plant A Pre-Planned Garden
Cut Flower Garden
There is nothing better than bringing home a fresh-cut flower bouquet from your own garden! Plant your bulb in spring, like these Dahlias, and enjoy huge, stunning flowers from summer all the way until frost.
Tips To Get This Look
- Shop our bulb collections for gorgeous color-coordinated gardens and bouquets.
- Add stakes to your tall Dahlias to support the heavy, luscious blooms.
Learn More: How To Grow Dahlias
Wildflower Lawn
You can replace some - or all - of your front yard or back yard with wildflowers! If you want the look and feel of a wildflower meadow, but want more of a "tame" neat and tidy appearance, our Wildflower Lawn seed mixes are the perfect solution.
Tips To Get This Look
- Our Wildflower Lawn seed mixes are not too tall, and the flowers have neat, upright habits for less flopping.
- Grow a mix for ongoing color: annuals bloom in year one, perennials bloom in year two and come back every year.
Learn More: Compare Wildflower Lawn Seed Mixes
Trailblazing In Your Yard
Many front yards and back yards have space for both lawn areas areas and wildflower meadows. In large yards, growing wildflowers means that you can cut back significantly on mowing - while inviting bees, butterflies, and songbirds to call their yard home.
Tips To Get This Look
- Mowed pathways are seeded with clover, creating a soft walking surface for strolling the meadow.
- Grow perennial wildflowers, or a wildflower mix that includes perennials, for a meadow that blooms year after year.
Learn More: How To Choose Wildflowers
Meadowscaping Magic
If you’re looking for backyard ideas for your large yard, you this is your sign to grow a wildflower meadow! Our customers in Vermont transformed 2+ acres of their yard from mowed lawn to meadow. Buzzing and humming with life, their yard has truly brightened their community.
Tips To Get This Look
- When you want a beautiful, low-maintenance landscape idea, wildflowers are the perfect solution.
- Growing a wildflower mix that includes both annual and perennial wildflowers is the key to seeing color all season long, year after year. Our Regional Wildflower Seed Mixes are a great place to start!
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