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Fabaceae
Dutch clover
Trifolium repens
Also known as Ladino clover, White clover, Amoria repens, Trifolium repens var. maculatum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Clover · Groundcover · Nitrogen-Fixing · Pollinator · Lawn-Alternative · Hardy · White-Flowers · Perennial · Spreading
Dutch clover is an extremely hardy ground cover that thrives in most soil conditions with minimal care. It naturally fixes nitrogen in the soil and requires only occasional watering during extended dry periods. This low-maintenance plant spreads readily and attracts beneficial pollinators to the garden.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Deep watering to encourage root growth, allow soil to dry between waterings · Weekly during dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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