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Enjoy Your Lawn Flowers

Low maintenance ground covers to some people, but weeds to others - confine these plants to your own yard by mowing them down before they go to seed.

hawkweed
Hawkweed

Orange and Yellow Hawkweeds grow to 30 cm tall, and have a cluster of long leaves at the base of the stem.

photo from: flickr.com user: **Mary**
early blue violet
Early Blue Violet

These fragrant, small violets are BC natives. They will bloom early in the spring before your grass needs mowing.

photo from: flickr.com user: banff
clovers
Clovers

Clovers add nitrogen to your lawn - their roots convert nitrogen from the air into a form useable by plants.

photo from: flickr.com user: Mike McCaffrey
english daisy
English Daisies

These perennial daisies have flowers about 1 cm across, and only reach about 3 cm in height.

photo from: flickr.com user: ricardo.martins
heal all
Heal-All

Heal-All's small purple spikes of flowers add charming texture and colour to your lawn.

photo from: flickr.com user: Steve_C

 

 

 

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