1500 RED CLOVER Monarchs Trifolium Pratense Rose Mauve Flower Ground Cover Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Red Clover SCIENTIFIC NAME: Trifolium Pratense COLOR: Rose - Mauve PLANT SEEDS: Outdoors after frost / Indoors weeks before last frost BLOOM TIME: Late Spring - Mid Summer HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 8 PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24" PLANT SPACING: 18 - 24" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 1500 Seeds OTHER: Red Clover has a long bloom time of 1 - 2 months & is a friend of the animals. The 1" flowers have a fragrance like honey, & attract bees & bumble bees. It is an important nectar plant for honey bees & butterflies including Swallowtails & Monarchs. Birds like grouse, pheasant, & turkey eat the seeds. The foliage is a favorite of rabbits & groundhogs. & Red Clover is often grown as a deer plot plant. It is a legume, so will help the soil’s nitrogen levels. Clover can be naturalized, & is a good forage crop for horses, cattle, & sheep, making it a popular green manure crop. It also has a long list of medi