How to grow native red clover | Alys Fowler

It enriches the soil, feeds the bees, makes a mean cup of tea... and you might just find a lucky four-leaferMy love is always looking for lucky leaves if there's clover about. I'll find her with her head down, hunting patiently through a patch. I, however, am looking for something else from our native red clover, Trifolium pratense.It is a good-hearted plant, full of value: an amazing medicine, a tough perennial that is an excellent green manure, and a friend to many a beneficial insect. As it is a perennial evergreen, it photosynthesises constantly, which means it is endlessly filling the root zone in the soil with nutrients. This increases microbial activity. Continue reading...