Red clover, the state flower of Vermont, grows 8 to 30 inches tall, with rounded, pinkish-purple flower heads and long leaflets bearing a faint greenish V. Bumblebees ...

Call it a flower or call it a weed — clover is a plant everyone knows. Who hasn’t idled away an hour hunting for a four-leaf clover, hoping for good luck? A member of the legume family, clover is ...

Some people choose never to mow their clover lawns, since the plants top out between 2 and 8 inches in height, and many like the white flowers that attract pollinators.

The flowers produced by all of these clover species are highly attractive to pollinators, so mowing down the flowers removes the pollen and nectar from their foraging plants.

Clover is not a good idea for those with bee allergies: If anyone in your home has a serious allergy to bees, it’s prudent to keep clover out of your yard. The flowers that form on most ...

Red clover tastes mildly sweet to me, and combines well with nettles, red raspberry leaf, and/or mint. To prepare, pour boiling hot water over the herbs, cover, and let steep for 30 minutes ...

Bluebonnet, yucca, lilac and red clover, the state flowers of Texas, New Mexico, New Hampshire and Vermont, respectively, all bloom with flower trusses that support many individual flowers.

Bees aren’t the only insects pollinating red clover. Moths do about a third of the flower visits after dark, new research suggests. The findings, detailed in the July Biology Letters, come as a ...