Fall Planted Clover Seed

Improve the health of your soil and attract beneficial insects with our clover seed!

Crimson clover flower head in a field

Resilient Cover Crop Seed for Healthier Fields

Choose fall-planted clover seed for cool-season soil cover, nitrogen fixation, forage, pollinator habitat, and improved soil structure. This collection includes clovers with different life cycles and climate tolerances, so use the individual product page—not the word “clover” alone—to confirm whether a variety behaves as an annual, biennial, or perennial in your area.

How to choose a fall-planted clover

  • Planting window: Allow enough warm soil and moisture for establishment before hard freezes.
  • Use: Match the variety to orchard floor, pasture, green manure, erosion control, or cover-crop goals.
  • Water and soil: Compare drainage, irrigation, rainfall, and soil-pH needs on each product page.
  • Termination: Decide whether the stand will be mowed, grazed, winter-killed, incorporated, or allowed to persist.

Inoculation and establishment

Clovers can fix atmospheric nitrogen only when compatible rhizobia are active. Select an inoculant labeled for the clover species unless the seed treatment or product directions say inoculation is already supplied. Prepare a firm seedbed, plant shallowly, and follow the product-specific seeding rate. Reseeding and winter survival vary by species, weather, planting date, and management; they are not guaranteed.

Compare the broader legume cover crop collection, longer-lived options in perennial clover seed, or browse all fall-planted cover crops.