Red Clover seed Trifolium pratense
LATIN NAME: TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE
COMMON NAME: Red Clover
The red clover is a handsome, upright or sprawling, clover-like perennial of the meadows and the fields, and its fine, three-part leaves and its dense, rounded or oval heads of many small, pinkish-red or purple, pea-like flowers have made it a valued and familiar plant of the fields and the meadows. It grows as an upright or sprawling perennial, reaching up to half a metre or a little more, with branching, softly hairy stems bearing alternate, three-part leaves of oval, pointed leaflets, often with a fine, pale chevron, and, through the summer, dense, rounded or oval heads of many small, pinkish-red or purple, pea-like flowers, followed by small, dry, single-seeded pods. It is a species of the flowering plant in the pea family, native to Europe and western Asia, while it grows in the meadows and the fields, and it is known as the red clover.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The red clover has a real and distinguished place in research. It has been studied in ecology and agriculture, since it is a fine, nitrogen-fixing plant of the meadows and the fields, and researchers have examined its growth, its distribution and its role in the improvement of poor soils, while its value in the pasture and the cover crops has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press. The plant has also been studied in botany, since it is a fine member of the pea family, and researchers have examined its relationships and its place among the clovers, while the study of the nitrogen-fixing legumes has been of continuing interest. The species has also been studied in the chemistry of natural products and food science, since the flowers of the red clover have been used in the fine teas of the region, and researchers have examined the flowers and their constituents, while the value of the clover has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine field plant rather than a casual remedy. For a plant of such quiet value, the red clover has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
To grow the Red Clover from seed, ecologically, the red clover is a generous plant of the garden. Its dense, rounded or oval heads of small, pinkish-red flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, leafy growth gives a fine, low cover to the meadow garden and the field. Its economic value is real: the red clover is prized for its fine, nitrogen-rich growth and its fine, pinkish-red flowers, and its worth has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press, while its fine, leafy growth has been valued in the improvement of soils and the feeding of livestock of many lands. To bring the red clover on, sow the small seeds in pots of moist, free-draining compost, cover them with a light dusting of soil, keep them lightly watered, and grow the little plants on in a sunny spot.
sow the small seeds in pots of moist, free-draining compost, cover the young clovers with a light dusting of soil, keep them lightly watered, and grow the little plants on in a sunny spot.
LATIN NAME: Trifolium pratense
COMMON NAME: Red Clover
The red clover is a handsome, upright or sprawling, clover-like perennial of the meadows and the fields, and its fine, three-part leaves and its dense, rounded or oval heads of the many small, pinkish-red or purple, pea-like flowers have made it a valued and familiar plant of the fields and the meadows. It grows as an upright or sprawling perennial, reaching up to half a metre or a little more, with the branching, softly hairy stems bearing the alternate, three-part leaves of the oval, pointed leaflets, often with the fine, pale chevron, and, through the summer, the dense, rounded or oval heads of the many small, pinkish-red or purple, pea-like flowers, followed by the small, dry, single-seeded pods. It is a species of the flowering plant in the pea family, and it is native to the Europe and the western Asia, while it grows in the meadows and the fields, and it is known as the red clover.
The red clover belongs to the pea family, Fabaceae, and it is a species of the upright or sprawling perennial, native to the Europe and the western Asia, while it grows in the meadows and the fields, and it is known as the red clover. It is prized for its dense, rounded or oval heads of the many small, pinkish-red, pea-like flowers.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The red clover has a real and distinguished place in the research. It has been studied in the ecology and the agriculture, since it is a fine, nitrogen-fixing plant of the meadows and the fields, and researchers have examined its growth, its distribution and its role in the improvement of the poor soils, while its value in the pasture and the cover crops has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press as a plant of the fields. The plant has also been studied in the botany, since it is a fine member of the pea family, and researchers have examined its relationships and its place among the clovers, while the study of the nitrogen-fixing legumes has been of continuing interest, and the diversity of the pea family has been of value. The species has also been studied in the chemistry of the natural products and the food science, since the flowers of the red clover have been used in the fine teas of the region, and researchers have examined the flowers and their constituents, while the value of the clover has been of continuing interest, and the plant is best appreciated as a subject of study and a fine field plant rather than a casual remedy. For a plant of such quiet value, the red clover has a rich and continuing record of study.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the red clover is a generous plant of the garden. Its dense, rounded or oval heads of the small, pinkish-red flowers feed the bees and the many insects, and its fine, leafy growth gives a fine, low cover to the meadow garden and the field.
Its economic value is real. The red clover is prized for its fine, nitrogen-rich growth and its fine, pinkish-red flowers, and its worth has drawn attention in the international agricultural and ecological press as a plant of the fields, while its fine, leafy growth has been valued in the improvement of the soils and the feeding of the livestock of the many lands. For a grower, the red clover is an easy and useful plant, and for a gardener it brings a pinkish-red, pea-flowered, nitrogen-rich plant to the meadow garden. The seeds are easy to start — give them a quick dip in warm water, then sow them just below the surface of a pot of moist, free-draining soil, keep them lightly watered, and theyll be sprouting readily, growing on into a pinkish-red, pea-flowered, nitrogen-rich plant.
Uses: Medicinal/Beverage
Many herbalists assert that the flowers taken as an infusion help prevent and even cure cancer. In his legendary book, Back to Eden (see book section of this catalogue), Jethro Kloss wrote, Red clover is an exceedingly good remedy for cancer on any part f the body. Red clover is also efficacious for bronchial troubles, whooping cough, gastric troubles and ulcers.