If you have garden space you don't want to use or new ground, a year of this will really improve the soil. Nitro Alfalfa is shipped treated with the appropriate innoculent, no additional treatment is required. It has been known for centuries, perhaps millennia, that if you grow clover on fallow ground, it improves the quality of the soil. This is because of the nitrogen fixing property of this legume. It is mainly grown in the North since it won't tolerate real hot conditions.
Plants are one to two feet tall and make a fine display with their red flowers.
Generally, you will plant clover in the spring in a spot where it will be left for the whole season. This type of clover is similar to the above except that the blooms are pink or white and it is more forgiving of a poor location or poor soil and will perform in alkaline, acid, or damp conditions. The perfect living mulch for garden paths and wide spaces between beds or hills . A hardy, low-growing perennial clover that effectively smothers weeds, prevents erosion, retains moisture and builds soil fertility. Sow it in early summer, after most of your garden is planted.