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Fabaceae
Mammoth clover
Trifolium medium
Also known as Broad red clover, Trifolium pratense var., Giant red clover, Trifolium medium var. brachycalycinum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Clover · Pollinator · Cover Crop · Nitrogen Fixing · Meadow · Wildflower · Perennial · Legume · Bee Friendly · Ground Cover
Mammoth clover is a robust, easy-to-grow perennial clover that thrives in well-drained soils with moderate moisture and full sun to partial shade. It is an excellent choice for meadow gardens, wildflower patches, or as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop, improving soil fertility naturally. Its pink-purple flower heads are highly attractive to bees and other pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly and allow soil surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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