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Bird's Foot Trefoil Seeds
Lotus corniculatus
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This fascinating little legume is named for the shape of its seedpod which looks like the claw foot of a bird. Introduced for agricultural uses, this wildflower is now a common roadside plant in much of the United States. If often invades lawns, and when mowed along with the grass, will bloom at heights as low as 2 inches! If left to grow on its own, it makes mounded clumps reaching up to about 2 feet, and creating an attractive groundcover. Unlike most agricultural legumes, it does not spread rapidly. However, like yarrow, Birdsfoot Trefoil is best used as a clump or specimen planting, rather than as part of a mixture. If it's used heavily in a mixture, it's so tough it tends to take over the whole meadow in a few years.
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Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 5 reviews.
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Bird's Foot Trefoil In the Bee Yard
"We noticed that honeybees were all over a patch of Bird's Foot Trefoil along the edge of our road and decided to purchase seeds to sow around the area of a meadow that we have set aside as a bee yard. The Fact that it is a lovely plant with bright yellow blooms, is hardy, can be mowed and kept tidy, bees love it made perfect sense to use this plant as part of a pollinator "garden/meadow. " So far we haven't found anything negative about this plant."
Worked fine as ground cover
"Groudn cover on difficult slope"
Great coverage
"cleaned out a thorny area and planted birdsfoot trefoil on a slope. Came up quickly and completely covered the area."
Burst of color
"I have about 30 spices from you & I mixed them & planted them in SEP 2008, in 2009 I had a nice spate of flowers but this Spring I already have tons of plants showing. These are being used to fill a hill next to the house. the place is just bare. I think this year I may see more like a mini meadow. I will be planting more this Autumn."
Not for shade
"I bought this to mix with grass for an area under small trees with dappled light and shade. Very few plants came up. The ones I have are pretty, though."