If you're sick of pulling weeds in your garden each spring, crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum) may be just the plant you need. A fall planting will give you a thick blanket of clover in the ...

Companion planting can provide unique benefits to apple trees. From low-growing ground covers to aromatic herbs and flowering ...

This we I want to discuss cover ... Crimson clover (Trifolium incarnatum L.) is easily identified when it flowers with its bright red cylinder shaped flower head. An annual in the legume family ...

Cover crops of legumes, grains or annual grasses, are the best way to produce healthy soil, Miller says. They create organic matter above and below the ground, increase important microbial life ...

They are known to be low-growing plants which spread a foliage on the ground, some even bring in an abundant array of colorful flowers. Best of all, these ground cover plants can grow quickly and ...

There are a variety of ground cover plants that do a myriad ... with beautiful tufts of red cone-shaped flowers. The crimson clover is a nitrogen-rich legume plant that No-Till Farmer reports ...

If the answers are yes, then get ready to fall in love with the nitrogen-fixing plants of the legume ... Popular winter cover crops include crimson clover, which Gaskin called the best clover ...

Cover crops include grains like winter oats, cereal rye and a wide range of broadleaf plants. Legumes, such as commonly used crimson clover ... to decompose above ground. Or you can put the ...

Grown as a winter cover crop, Crimson Clover helps prevent erosion and enriches the soil while crowding out weeds. Come spring, it bows out politely, leaving soil open and ready for new plants.

Plant crimson clover in the late summer and mow or roll it in late April. Some growers will plant directly into the rolled or crimped cover crop. Cereal rye or winter barley can be planted in the ...

Sweet alyssum is more than just a charming ground cover ... including white clover and crimson clover, grow well under apple trees,” Duford says. These plants pull nitrogen from the air ...