Eastern Colorado Seed, LLC

Red Clovers

Red Clovers are more drought tolerant and productive than White Clovers, but not quite as high quality. Use some of each for grazing!

Freedom !

Freedom! Red Clovers is the latest release from the University of Kentucky. Freedom! is selected for increased dry matter production and drying and has finer stems and less pubescense (hairs) on the stem that causes the plant to dry faster. Results will be higher hay quality. In our test plots, Freedom! looks very impressive.

Start

This Red Clover is persistent and provides good yields of high protein, palatable forage. It exhibits good winter-hardiness, as well as improved heat and drought tolerance. Start, a Diploid variety, has a very erect growth habit and resists lodging. Its regrowth capabilities are excellent. Start Red Clover will not grow as tall as other Red Clovers, but is denser and more persistent and has higher quality. It acts like an in-between of Red and White Clover. It's a grazing type of Red Clover.

White Clovers

White Clovers are native in big parts of the world but the problem of native White Clover, like Dutch White, has been a very low yield and not much Nitrogen production. This has changed dramatically the last 10 years with breeding and selection done in Europe and New Zealand. Usually the small Dutch White is persistance, but very little yield and Ladino more yield, but no persistance. Now we have several White Clovers that are doing very well with persistance and yield. White Clover is also high high in quality.

Alice

Alice is a tall, large leaved clover developed for exceptional yields of palatable, high quality, high protein forage. Its vigorous spring and summer growth makes it a good choice for cutting or grazing management. Alice has greater stolon density than most other ladino types, allowing for better persistence under intensive continuous grazing. White Clover will not lignify in hot weather like Alfalfa, grasses, Red Clover, etc.

Barblanca

A new release of White Clover that has good drought tolerance. This is our introduction year, but it sure looks good.

More aggressive than other White Clover
More and faster ground cover
Large Leaf
Higher Yield
Very high N fixing

It is showing more aggressive than Alice so be careful on fertility management as it could take over grass stands. Although on good management and fertility, this clover has a unique place. It you need a very aggressive White Clover, try Barblanca.

Tripoli

Tripoli is not as tall as typical ladinos, but is more stoloniferous and produces a denser sward. Tripoli is noted for its superior heat tolerance, productivity, persistence and seeding ability. It produces seed early in the season, which is a distinct advantage in hot climates. It performs well all season in the deep-South and is proving to be a favorite of livestock and game like.

Barbian

This small leaved clover has good persistence and winter-hardiness. Its dense, low growing form makes it superb for sheep and horse pastures.