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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Tristan_He on August 27, 2015, 08:54:31 PM

Title: Trifolium alpinum
Post by: Tristan_He on August 27, 2015, 08:54:31 PM

Has anybody tried growing this species? It seems quite common in parts of the Alps, but I have never seen it in cultivation. Is it invasive?

As a group the pea family seem a bit undervalued by gardeners.

Tristan

Title: Re: Trifolium alpinum
Post by: Philippe on August 28, 2015, 06:52:52 AM

This Trifolium species should not become invasive in the garden, for what I see here at least. It can selfseed, but in a quite discrete way ( I never get more than a few spontaneous seedlings over several seasons)
Above all, rodents sometimes really do love eating all aerian parts of the plant, so that may limitate its expansion too ;)
This is otherwise a beautiful plant, a bit coarse maybe, but which will find or deserve when possible its place in the bigger rockery.

Title: Re: Trifolium alpinum
Post by: Tristan_He on August 29, 2015, 06:08:59 PM

Thanks Philippe. I have some seed so will try a few in different places. Sounds like it may even work in dry grass.

Best, Tristan