White Blossom Sweetclover Seed (Melilotus alba) Vigorous nitrogen fixer with fragrant white blooms. Ideal for pollinators, erosion control, and soil health in pastures or cover crops.

Minimum: 500+ Seeds

Fragrant Blooms. Deep Roots. Powerful Soil Builder.

White Blossom Sweetclover is a vigorous, tall-growing biennial legume cherished for its sweet-smelling white flowers, deep taproot, and exceptional ability to improve soil health. It’s a go-to choice for pollinator gardens, erosion control, cover cropping, and pasture improvement thanks to its resilience and productivity.

This clover thrives in tough soils, enriches the ground by fixing nitrogen, and attracts bees and beneficial insects during its long bloom season. Its deep roots help break up compacted soils and stabilize erosion-prone areas, making it a champion for land restoration and sustainable farming.

🐝 Why Grow White Blossom Sweetclover?

• 🌿 Soil Revitalizer
  Deep taproots improve aeration and water penetration, loosening compacted soils and accessing buried nutrients

• 💪 Natural Nitrogen Fixer
  Enhances soil fertility by adding organic nitrogen—ideal before planting demanding crops

• 🌸 Pollinator Magnet
  Fragrant blooms are a favorite for honeybees, native bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects

• 💨 Erosion Control
  Dense root systems protect slopes and disturbed areas from runoff and degradation

• 🐄 High-Value Forage
  Can be grazed or cut for hay before flowering, protein-rich and palatable

• 🔥 Drought-Hardy
  Once established, sweetclover can tolerate heat and dry spells with ease

🌎 Best For:

• Cover cropping and soil-building rotations

• Pollinator and conservation plantings

• Stabilizing slopes, roadsides, and ditches

• Pastures and forage systems (pre-bloom grazing)

• Organic farms and low-input landscapes

• Areas with compacted or depleted soils

🌱 Planting & Growing Info:

• Botanical Name: Melilotus alba

• Type: Biennial legume

• Sunlight: Full sun

• Seeding Rate: 15–20 lbs/acre (broadcast); 10–12 lbs/acre (drilled)

• Planting Depth: ¼ inch

• Soil: Adaptable to a wide range, including low-fertility, clay, or sandy soils

• Height: 3–6 feet

• Bloom Time: Late spring through summer (second year)

• Zones: USDA 3–9

• Companion Plants: Buckwheat, rye, native wildflowers, crimson clover

🧠 Pro Tips:

• Scarify seeds (lightly scratch the surface) or soak overnight to improve germination

• Mow during year one to encourage strong root growth

• Cut or graze before flowering for best forage quality

• Allow to flower for maximum pollinator support and reseeding

🌿 A Fragrant, Functional Favorite for Regenerative Growers

From pollinators to pasture, White Blossom Sweetclover brings beauty, fertility, and resilience to your land. Whether you’re restoring soil or feeding bees, this hardy legume does it all, naturally and reliably.