Scientific Name: Trifolium incarnatum
Trifolium incarnatum, or more commonly known as crimson clover or Italian clover. Crimson clover can be used to grow sprouts or microgreens, and is an ideal cover crop. Crimson clover seeds are a quickly maturing cover crop traditionally planted in the fall and tilled back into the soil for spring nutrients, but can be sown nearly any time of year as a nitrogen-rich companion plant. Like other open-pollinated cover crops, one of the major advantages to heirloom clover is that it grows immediately in the spring and will not get heavy and bogged in spring moisture. And, like many other cover crops, crimson clover is known to replenish tired soils of their depleted nitrogen and nutrients, while improving soil tilth, structure, waterflow, and weed suppression. Sow in fall or late summer as a cover crop to be turned in in the spring in zones 6 and higher. Used as a summer legume in colder areas where it will usually winterkill. Allow it to flower and the bees will love you.
Scientific Name: Trifolium incarnatum
Trifolium incarnatum, or more commonly known as crimson clover or Italian clover. Crimson clover can be used to grow sprouts or microgreens, and is an ideal cover crop. Crimson clover seeds are a quickly maturing cover crop traditionally planted in the fall and tilled back into the soil for spring nutrients, but can be sown nearly any time of year as a nitrogen-rich companion plant. Like other open-pollinated cover crops, one of the major advantages to heirloom clover is that it grows immediately in the spring and will not get heavy and bogged in spring moisture. And, like many other cover crops, crimson clover is known to replenish tired soils of their depleted nitrogen and nutrients, while improving soil tilth, structure, waterflow, and weed suppression. Sow in fall or late summer as a cover crop to be turned in in the spring in zones 6 and higher. Used as a summer legume in colder areas where it will usually winterkill. Allow it to flower and the bees will love you.
