Trifolium ochroleucon 

'Sulphur Clover'

[Syn. Trifolium ochroleucum]

[Ex. Norfolk, England]

Fabaceae: a clump-forming perennial clover to 80cm. Found on chalky boulder-clays or, more rarely, chalk, in pastures and on road verges, trackways and wood-borders. The flowers are pale yellow flowers, in globular or oblong inflorescence, 2-4 cm, blooming from June-July. The leaves are oblong-elliptical or lanceolate 1.5-3cm. Native to much of Europe. In Britain it is now rare, mainly eastern England.

USES:

It is often mentioned in the literature as being particularly attractive to foraging bees and butterflies and when we have grown it as a crop it is certainly visited by a large number of bumble bees particularly Bombus lapidaries and Bombus hypnorum.

GROWING INFORMATION:

Seeds can be sown at any time of the year, may be a little slow to germinate with some evidence that peak germination occurs in autumn.

HARVESTED: 2022*

 
APPROX. 50 SEEDS