Mountain clover

Trifolium montanum

Trifolium

Fabaceae

Native Plants

🌱 Beginner Friendly

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.

Care Requirements

Care Level

Low

Sun

Partial Sun

Water

Moderate

Growth Rate

Moderate

Mature Height

—

Life Cycle

Perennial

Spacing

12″

Watering Schedule

Every 7-10 Days • Water Lightly To Keep Soil Evenly Moist; Avoid Waterlogging

Ecology & Origin

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

Data: trefle, usda

Image: trefle.io — Taken May 13, 2018 by Noel Benson (cc-by-sa)

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