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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: N/A
Bloom Color: Rose/Mauve
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Blue-Green Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured
Other details: May be a noxious weed or invasive This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; direct sow after last frost
Seed Collecting: Bag seedheads to capture ripening seed Collect seedhead/pod when flowers fade; allow to dry Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Mar 1, 2009, inkblot from Buffalo, NY (Zone 6a) wrote:
Very nice plant. Although it´s extremely common where I live, it´s easy to get rid of. I like making an extract out of the flowers to treat my mom´s menopause.
On Nov 18, 2006, Farmerdill from Augusta, GA (Zone 8a) wrote:
Red clover was a valuable early hay crop in my youth. Not only was it great for hay, it improved the soil for subsequent crops. In the days of crop, (rotation, corn, small grain, hay, hay). it was quite valuable. It only last about two years so not good for a permanent hayfield.
On Jan 21, 2005, JodyC from Palmyra, IL (Zone 5b) wrote:
Flowers formally smoked in antiasthma cigarettes
Red clover extracts produced in Australia,sold in USA.One tablet contains 40 mg. of photoestrogens,8 times the amount consumed by Americans.
Fall or late cut hay can cause slobbering or frothing in cattle and horses
Now being studied for AIDS and antidiabetic activity
On Aug 10, 2004, Howard_C from St John's, NL wrote:
In Newfoundland we occasionally come across the white form of this species, it has the tall habit and the three leaves right under the flowers which are some of the features of Red Clover, T. pretense, which distinguish it from true White Clover, T. repens, which is creeping, as its Latin name suggests, and has no leaves on the peduncle. The picture I've submitted was taken on Cape Spear, the most easterly point in North America, in late July 2004. (I'm still looking for the red form of White Clover!) I doubt whether this form really has much garden merit though.
On May 16, 2002, melody from Benton, KY (Zone 7a) wrote:
A common roadside plant,but very attractive and useful.
Wonderful for animal forage,high in nutrients.Attractive to bees and butterflies.
I wouldn't consider this a common garden flower,but it has it's place in a naturalized setting,or wildflower mass. Great for fixing nitrogen in soil.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Huntington, Arkansas Van Buren, Arkansas Wilmington, Delaware Pensacola, Florida Washington, Illinois Indianapolis, Indiana Macy, Indiana Burt, Iowa Benton, Kentucky Ewing, Kentucky Marrero, Louisiana Cumberland, Maryland Saint Cloud, Minnesota Cole Camp, Missouri New Milford, New Jersey Buffalo, New York Crown Point, New York Glouster, Ohio Westerly, Rhode Island Port Neches, Texas Troy, Virginia Virginia Beach, Virginia
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