Taylor Clem: What's a lawn?
“Taylor…I see you mowed your lawn,” he said with a jokingly condescending tone. My neighbor, in fact, had no reason to mow his lawn because it was filled with flowering lyreleaf sage (Salvia lyrata). If he mowed his lawn, he would cut back the beautiful wildflowers in his lawn. Dichondra (Dichondra carolinensis) covers the remaining portion of his yard and does not require mowing. My neighbor, in fact, had no reason to mow his yard. My lawn is diverse, which includes dichondra, lyreleaf sage, winter rye, tall fescue, St Augustine grass, and wild geranium. Like many others, my lawn is a ...