Melilotus Species, Common Yellow Melilot, Ribbed Melilot, Yellow Sweet Clover

It's funny and odd. Yellow Sweet clover grows pretty well for 8B in the Mojave High Desert.. I've actually gotten this plant established ...Read Morefor multiple years... yes... it comes back from the same 'stump' and root system every year for 3 years, even after hacking it back heavily for Spring... I cut it back recently, and it had 1 set of flowers on it the next day.
Days later is it absolutely covered again...
Bees absolutely love it, and so do I because it's blooming what seems like Spring to the end of Autumn, and then some!

I have Autumn Olive growing near some of the Sweet Clover, so there's scents of Jasmine and Vanilla when the Autumn olive is blooming along side... It's quite incredible when many types of bees/wasps come by to do their thing.. so much activity in such a small area of the HD.. I get it's considered invasive in some places, but you can't argue how much life this plant brings, especially in such a parched and dry area.

(I forgot to mention its a nitrogen fixer, and that's why I chose to grow it!)

Yellow Sweet Clover Melilotus officinalis is naturalized in Texas ans other States and is considered an invasive plant in Texas.

In my youth this was a popular hay crop. Great nitrogen fixer, and if mowed early an excellent hay. When blooming it is very attractive t...Read Moreo bees. The major source of clover honey. It is much better as a hay crop than white sweet clover.

Found throughout much of North America, Yellow Sweet Clover is actually a native of Eurasia. It blooms with yellow spike-like stalks fro...Read Morem late Spring to early Fall.

Common in waste places, fields and along roadsides, it is a favorite plant of bees and butterflies. The leaves and flowers have a very pleasant vanilla like fragrance and it makes a wonderful honey. They can actually be used as flavoring if you so wish.