For starters, you have to check the pH of your soil since clovers prefer soils with pH between 6 and 7. Plant your clover in the early spring, when the ground is still moist from melting frost. That will give the clover the ideal growing environment. However, if you live somewhere the fall weather is tame, you can also grow clovers during the fall months. Do it in the early fall, before the temperatures start dropping. If the temperature is going to drop below 40 degrees Fahrenheit around the time you’re planting them, don’t do it.