I planted some tis fall and with the drought,it did nothing I hoping for spring showers.I have planted in the early spring before as a cover crop.You should be fine.

Where can you buy the seed? I'm in OKC
thanks!

Redbirdroad - try Horn's at NW Expressway and Classen Blvd. They sometimes sell cover crops by the oz.

I have never tried to seed it - actually, I'm trying to grow Red Clover, too - because I have patches of it in my lawn. I just LOVE clover. If the bees aren't out, walking on clover in my bare feet, is like what I feel like could be walking on a cloud. Soft, cool, mmmmmmm. I love the bees and it is also a larval host plant for the beautiful Clouded Sulphur butterfly, and it provides nectar for many other small butterflies and beneficials. Who could want more?

It is also a soil indicator of low nitrogen soils - it adds increases nitrogen in the soil because clover, being a legume, is nitrogen fixing.

I can't say enough good things about clover, whether it's White Dutch or Red.

Susan

You prob. want to call around and ask before going. I called a lot of places and no one I called had it. I finally ended up getting it from Shawnee Mills in Shawnee, but they did not have it on hand. They called somebody, ( I am guessing a dist. or supplier type) and they had a partial bag. They ordered it and told me not to come until they were sure they could get it. I am unsure why it is so hard to find. Hope you have some luck.
mo

Wow, Susan- you make it sound like bliss!

-Now I'm wondering if it's appropriate for the horrible lawn I purchased a year ago. Bermuda grass with random weeds and zillions of those horrible stickers. We called them sand burrs where I come from, but by any name they puncture any dreams of walking barefoot. Do you think clover would survive this war zone I call a front yard?

mo- thanks for the tip!

Mine grows in patches among my bermuda and other weedy grasses just fine. It might do better if there were no other grasses, or if I did more to encourage growth in other places, but I don't. I just let it grow where it wants because I do have other things I like to leave in place, like Henbit, Dandelions, etc., which all provide nectar for my butterflies. I am a butterfly habitat gardener and raise many butterflies such as Monarchs, Black Swallowtails, Giant Swallowtails, Tiger Swallowtails, Red Admirals, Gulf Fritillaries, several species of Sulphur butterflies, Grey Hairstreaks, Wild Indigo Duskywings, Question Marks, Emperors, and many sphinx moths as well. So I encourage many "weeds" to grow, unlike most organized gardeners who want to have well-manicured lawns. So that's why I "allow" Mother Nature to have her way, lol!

Oh, also, your clover won't bloom from seed the first year, but will in the following year and from there on out. So, don't look for blooms this year. Just that nice soft, pretty clover foliage, which is grand by itself.

I have attached a link to an article on growing White Dutch clover for your info. Found out something new, too. While some legumes need innoculant to grow well, instead of using that, you can locate a patch of nicely growing clover and dig some of that dirt to mix with your clover seed and then seed it. The dirt from the original clover patch will "innoculate" your clover seed. How cool is that?

Susan

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing White Dutch Clover

call eckroat seed i think they may have clover?

1106 Martin Luther King Ave.

Oklahoma City, OK 73117

Phone: (405) 427-2484

1-800-331-7333

Our regular business hours are:

Monday-Friday 8:00AM-5:30PM
Saturdays 8:00AM-12:00PM (Central Time).