White Clover
White Clover is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
A year round cover in temperate areas, also useful as a winter cover in the subtropics. It attracts parasitic wasps of aphids and scales and prefers moist, well-drained soil. It is intolerant of shade. In temperate areas sow March-June or August-October; in subtropical areas sow March-June or spring.
Product: White Clover
Product type: SEED ()
Botanical name: Trifolium repens
White clover has leaves with distinctive white crescent-shaped markings & pinkish-white flowers. It is useful as a groundcover in orchards, providing nectar for beneficial insects and as a bee forage. The flowers can be used for tea. It is a highly nutritious animal fodder and is persistent under hard grazing. Used as a green manure it has a high nitrogen fixing capability. It needs to grow on better soils with reliable moisture. WARNING: Do not use the seed supplied for food.
Plant type: Perennial creeping legume
Plant height: 20 - 25 cm
Sow when: Germinate best 18 - 20°C soil temp.
Temperate: March-June or August-October
Subtropical: March-June
Tropical: Not suitable
Germination: 7 - 10 days
Depth: 10 - 12 mm deep
Position: Full sun; direct where it is to grow; cover seed very lightly and firm down
Soil type: Fertile, moist soil with good drainage; pH 5.8 - 6
Details: Useful as a groundcover for orchards; also as a living mulch under brassica crops where it will smother weeds and fix nitrogen
Inoculant: Follow the instructions for the inoculant provided
*Good for bees
seeds per packet
Trifolium repens
Perennial creeping legume
White Clover
A year round cover in temperate areas, also useful as a winter cover in the subtropics. It attracts parasitic wasps of aphids and scales and prefers moist, well-drained soil. It is intolerant of shade. In temperate areas sow March-June or August-October; in subtropical areas sow March-June or spring.