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Fabaceae
Brown clover
Trifolium badium
Also known as Brown trefoil, Trifolium badium, Brown-flowered clover, Trifolium spadiceum var. badium
Native Plants · Clover · Alpine · Nitrogen-Fixing · Meadow · Legume · Ground Cover · Pollinator · Trifolium · European · Perennial
Brown clover is a compact alpine perennial that performs best in cool, moist conditions with good sunlight. It is excellent for naturalizing in meadows or rock gardens and benefits from consistent moisture during the growing season. This nitrogen-fixing legume also improves soil health, making it a great companion plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water consistently to keep soil moist, especially during dry spells · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 10 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, North Caucasus, Poland, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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