Subject guide
Clover
The journal's field notes on clover — Trifolium, the nitrogen-fixer and nectar engine of the British verge and fallow field. Two pieces so far.
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Wildflowers
Red clover: a small purple engine, idling in the verge
The eye slides over red clover a hundred times a summer. Trifolium pratense — the verge's small purple engine, feeding bees, soil, and almost everything that grazes.
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Wildflowers
Crimson clover: Britain's April workhorse
Crimson clover stops you in a fallow field — bright, conical, properly red. Trifolium incarnatum: a Mediterranean cover crop that feeds British soil and bees.
