Planting a Clover Seed Blend: White, Red and Crimson Clover

Whether you're looking to enrich your soil, support pollinators, or create a colourful wildlife area, planting a Clover Seed Blend is a smart and sustainable choice. Our custom mix of white clover, red clover, and crimson clover offers seasonal interest, nitrogen fixing benefits, and a vibrant display of flowers throughout the growing season.

In this post, we will guide you through how to prepare your site, sow your seeds, and care for your new clover patch.

Why Choose a Clover Blend?

Each type of clover in this mix brings unique benefits:

White Clover (Trifolium repens)
Low growing and perennial, providing long lasting ground cover and nectar for pollinators.

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
A taller short lived perennial with deep roots and highly attractive flowers for bees and other insects.

Crimson Clover (Trifolium incarnatum)
A striking annual that produces vivid crimson flowers and quickly improves soil structure and fertility.

Together these species create a diverse flowering display that supports wildlife while helping to improve soil health through natural nitrogen fixation.

The Benefits of a Clover Seed Blend

Sowing a clover seed blend can bring a range of ecological and practical benefits to your garden or green space. The combination of white, red, and crimson clover produces a rich mix of flowers that attract bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects. Clover also naturally improves soil fertility by fixing nitrogen, reducing the need for synthetic fertilisers.

This blend grows to around 45 cm in height, creating a lush flowering patch that provides valuable forage for pollinators and beneficial insects. Its deep rooting habit can also help improve soil structure and resilience.

Because of its height and flowering habit, this blend is best suited to wildlife areas, pollinator patches, or meadow style plantings rather than closely mown lawns.

Things to Consider

While clover offers many benefits, there are a few considerations to keep in mind.

This blend contains crimson clover, an annual species, which means it completes its life cycle within a single growing season. Allowing plants to flower and set seed helps maintain the display in future years.

If you are looking for a low growing clover lawn alternative, Micro White Clover would generally be more suitable.

Preparing to Sow a Clover Blend

Option 1: Bare Seed Bed (New Planting Area)

Clear the area
Remove all existing vegetation, roots, and debris.

Loosen the soil
Use a rake or tiller to create a fine, crumbly seed bed. Clover seeds prefer firm but not compacted soil.

Level the surface
Smooth out bumps and fill low spots to ensure even seed distribution and moisture retention.

Option 2: Overseeding into an Existing Area

Mow or cut back vegetation
Reduce existing growth as much as possible.

Reduce competition
Lightly scarify or rake the area to expose patches of bare soil.

Rake or aerate
Loosen the soil surface slightly to encourage good seed to soil contact.

How to Sow Clover Seed Blend

Sowing Rate

New planting: 8 to 10 grams per square metre
Overseeding: 1.5 to 2 grams per square metre

Sowing Tips

Mix with sand or compost
Clover seeds are very small. Mixing them with dry sand or compost helps distribute them evenly.

Broadcast evenly
Scatter the seed by hand or with a broadcast spreader.

Firm the seed down
Lightly rake the area and then firm the surface with a roller or by gently walking over it.

Water gently
If rain is not expected, water lightly after sowing and keep the soil moist until germination. Seeds typically germinate within 7 to 14 days depending on conditions.

Aftercare and Maintenance

Watering
Keep soil moist during establishment. Once established, clover is relatively drought tolerant.

Cutting
Allow the plants to grow and flower throughout the season. If desired, the area can be cut once in late summer after flowering, which helps encourage reseeding and fresh growth.

Weeding
Remove aggressive weeds during early establishment if needed.

Fertilising
Avoid high nitrogen fertilisers. Clover naturally fixes nitrogen and excessive fertiliser may encourage competing grasses.

Reseeding
Overseeding every couple of years can help maintain density, particularly where crimson clover is part of the blend.

When to Plant Clover Seed Blend

Spring
Sow after the danger of frost has passed when soil temperatures reach around 10°C.

Autumn
Plant at least six weeks before the first expected frost to allow seedlings time to establish.

A Natural and Wildlife Friendly Display

A clover seed blend is a beautiful and practical way to support pollinators, improve soil health, and add seasonal colour to your garden. Whether used as part of a wildlife area, a pollinator patch, or a meadow style planting, this trio of clovers works together to provide both ecological value and visual interest.

Ready to grow greener? Take a look at our range of clover seed here.