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Fabaceae
Ball clover
Trifolium glomeratum
Also known as Trifolium duodecimnerve, Amoria glomerata, Micrantheum glomeratum, Microphyton glomeratum
Native Plants · Clover · Ground Cover · Pollinator · Part Shade · Lawn Alternative · Nitrogen Fixing · Fabaceae · Mediterranean · Low Maintenance · Wildflower
Ball clover is a low-maintenance ground cover that thrives in partially shaded areas with average moisture. Water every 7-10 days and avoid letting the soil dry out completely. It works well in naturalized garden settings and is an excellent pollinator attractor.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Argentina South, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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