Lotus corniculatus

Name: Lotus corniculatus
Brand: BotanicalDryGarden
Price: 19.50 EUR
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Lotus corniculatus (better known as bird's-foot trefoil and sometimes as yellow clover) is a perennial herb widely distributed throughout Europe, from Iceland to Greece. As is easy to guess from this fact, it is a hardy and versatile plant. The plant can grow up to a height of 40 cm, but given its trailing habit, it often stays below 20 cm.

Features

Its foliage is deciduous and has a very original shape: each leaf is composed of 5 parts, with a trifoliate upper part and two smaller leaflets below.

The flowering is prolonged and very graceful, golden yellow in colour and butterfly-shaped. Lotus corniculatus is a melliferous plant much loved by bees and butterflies.

Lotus corniculatus belongs to the Fabaceae family, also known as Papilionaceae (due to the butterfly shape of the flowers) or Legumes. Like all Legumes, Lotus corniculatus is also a nitrogen-fixing plant, thanks to its tuber-rich roots capable of fixing atmospheric nitrogen into the soil. Nitrogen is an essential nutrient for plant growth, so by adding a nitrogen-fixing plant to your garden you will be able to significantly improve the soil's characteristics by using it as a natural fertiliser.

Lotus corniculatus has been and still is widely used as a forage plant, as it produces aromatic and excellent quality hay that is much loved by sheep. The plant also has numerous medicinal properties and is widely used in herbal medicine.

From May to September it offers a prolonged flowering of golden yellow colour, with butterfly-shaped flowers that are very popular with bees and butterflies.

A hardy and versatile perennial herb, it is grown in full sun. Being a nitrogen-fixing plant, it enriches the soil with nitrogen and can be used as a natural fertilizer.

Shipping

Italy: delivery within 48/72 hours of shipping.
International: delivery within a maximum of 5 days.
We ship from Monday to Wednesday: so that the plants only travel on weekdays and do not sit in the courier's warehouses over the weekend. Orders received from Thursday to Sunday will be shipped the following Monday.
Packaging designed for live plants, to ensure they arrive in good condition.

When you receive the delivery or hold-for-collection notice, please collect the package as soon as possible: plants suffer if they remain closed in the box for too long.

Returns and damaged plants

Right of withdrawal within 14 days of receipt, as provided for by the Consumer Code. The product must be returned intact and in its original packaging; return shipping costs are borne by the customer.
Plant arrived damaged? Please let us know within 7 days of receipt, with a few photos of the plant and the packaging: we will assess a replacement or refund together.

All the details are in the Terms of Sale and the withdrawal form. If you have any questions, write to us.

Lotus corniculatus

€19,50

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Long anti-spiraling vases

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