trefle.io · Taken May 13, 2018 by Noel Benson (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Mountain clover
Trifolium montanum
Also known as Alpine clover, Trifolium montanum, Mountain red clover, Amoria montana
Native Plants · Clover · Meadow · Nitrogen-Fixer · Pollinator · Ground Cover · European · Perennial · Wildflower · Legume · Low-Maintenance
Mountain clover is a low-growing perennial legume well suited to meadow gardens, slopes, and naturalistic plantings in full sun to part shade. It enriches soil through nitrogen fixation and requires minimal fertilization or watering once established. Plant in well-drained soil and allow it to naturalize freely as a pollinator-friendly ground cover.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Cycle
- Perennial
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Flowers
- No
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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