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Fabaceae
Sulphur clover
Trifolium ochroleucon
Also known as Trifolium ochroleucon, Trifolium ochroleucon f. roseum, Sulphur trefoil, Pale yellow clover
Native Plants · Clover · Perennial · Meadow · Wildflower · Pollinators · Groundcover · European · Fabaceae · Nitrogen-Fixing · Low-Maintenance
Sulphur clover is a hardy perennial that thrives in open sunny to partly shaded meadow settings with average moisture. Water regularly during dry spells but avoid soggy conditions. It is a low-maintenance plant well suited to naturalistic gardens and wildlife-friendly plantings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 10 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, New Zealand South, North Caucasus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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