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White Clover - Green Manure
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We guarantee the quality of our plants for a full growing cycle, and will replace at our expense any plant that fails to recover under normal climatic and planting conditions.
Seed-only orders are dispatched by sealed envelope. The delivery charge for seed-only orders is 3,90 €.
Seed-only orders are dispatched by sealed envelope. The delivery charge for seed-only orders is 3,90 €.
From 5,90 € for pickup delivery and 6,90 € for home delivery
Express home delivery from 8,90 €.
Seed-only orders are dispatched by sealed envelope. The delivery charge for seed-only orders is 3,90 €.
The White Clover, in Latin Trifolium repens, is a small creeping and stoloniferous perennial plant of the legume family cultivated as a forage plant, often used as a spring green manure, but also mixed with grasses as an alternative to lawns in dry areas. Like all plants in the legume family, it has the ability to fix atmospheric nitrogen in the soil. Its natural vigor competes with "weeds" and its spreading and abundant roots retain the soil, protecting it from erosion. Finally, its dense vegetation limits the phenomenon of compaction due to rain. Used as green manure, white clover can be sown in any type of soil, even very chalky, from March to June. Once buried, the decomposed residues will naturally enrich the soil with nitrogen.
The White Clover, also known as Dutch Clover or Creeping Clover, is a very common herbaceous plant in France, Europe, and North America. It naturally grows in meadows and lawns and spreads through stolons that can reach up to 40 cm (15.7 in) in length. Its characteristic leaves are usually compound, consisting of 3 leaflets, but statistically, once in every 10,000 cases, there may be 4 leaflets on a single leaf! The long flowering period of White Clover extends from April-May to September, in the form of white spherical heads, sometimes slightly pinkish. Rich in sweet nectar, they are highly appreciated by bees and bumblebees.
Widely used in permaculture, green manures have numerous benefits: they enrich and loosen the soil while preventing the establishment of adventive plants. They also have the advantage of forming a vegetative cover that protects loamy soils from rain compaction and sandy soils from leaching. They can be sown throughout the year, and they are crushed before seed formation to incorporate them through shallow digging or left in place as mulch.
White Clover is sown from March to June, it remains in place for at least 3 months and must be mowed before flowering. Do not let it establish for too long, as it would then be quite difficult to eliminate.
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White Clover is sown from March to June at a rate of 0.5 g per m2, on freshly tilled soil. The seeds are covered with a rake. Germination usually takes between 5 and 10 days. Keep the soil slightly moist until germination, if it doesn't rain.
It is a spring green manure that is suitable for all types of soil. It is particularly prolific in slightly cohesive, dry limestone soils in summer.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.