Clovers
Ladino Clover
- Perennial, 8-12 inches in height
- Pollinator usage is high
- Excellent pasture
- Combines well with grasses
- Highly palatable and high in protein
- Very attractive to deer
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre
Alsike Clover
- Short-lived, small rooted, perennial
- Generally blooms from May to August
- Flower is light pink to white, eventually turns brown once mature
- Prefers a cooler and wetter climate than red clover, tolerates acidic and alkaline soils
- Can cause photosensitization in horses
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre
Medium Red Clover
- Biennial
- Expect 2 cuttings of hay per year
- Tolerates acidic soils
- Medium red clover is a widely grown clover in the northern 2/3 of the United States
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre
Crimson Clover
- Winter annual
- Used for cover crop, hay, pasture
- Rapid regrowth
- Grows on tough, marginal soils
- Plant early spring to early fall
- Inoculation is recommended
- Widely used in cover crop mixtures
- Non bloating but introduce slowly when seeded alone
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre
White Dutch Clover
- Shorter, tap-rooted, perennial
- This clover will creep from where it is planted
- Flowering occurs from June to September
- Flowers are a white or pinkish color that turn brown with maturity
- White clover is commonly found along waterways throughout the Great Plains
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre
Sweet Clover
- Yellow blossom
- Grows to over 5 feet in height, unless moisture is limited
- For biennials, the first year growth produces a rosette of leaves, in the second year flowering stems will arise
- Yellow blossom tends to be shorter and an earlier maturity than white blossom
- Sweet clover can be a great option for mixing with grasses, sweet clover provides nitrogen that can increase vigor and production
- Plant 8-12 lbs. per acre