Low Spreading Cover
Creeping stolons help plants form a close, low-growing cover in managed spaces.Creeping stems help form a close low-growing cover.
White Clover Seeds
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Growing Level
Easy to Grow
Germination
High Germination
Garden Use
Lawns
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About This Variety
Meet This Variety
White clover (Trifolium repens) is a low-growing perennial legume with trifoliate leaves, creeping stolons, and rounded white flower heads. This listing is for white clover generally and does not claim a White Dutch or microclover cultivar.
Grow in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Sow shallowly into a firm seedbed, maintain close seed-to-soil contact, and keep the surface evenly moist while seedlings establish.
A low-growing perennial clover with creeping stolons and rounded white flowers for flowering lawns, ground cover, and pollinator-friendly plantings.
Growing at a Glance
Botanical Name
Trifolium repens
Life Cycle
Perennial
Sun Requirement
Full Sun
Water Needs
Moderate
Soil Preference
Fertile, moist, and well-drained
Why Gardeners Love It
White Clover Blooms
Rounded white flower heads provide nectar and pollen for visiting pollinators.White flower heads feed visiting pollinators.
Flexible Lawn Use
The perennial habit works in flowering lawns and mixed ground-cover plantings.A perennial for flowering lawns and mixed ground cover.
Best Growing Conditions
- Sun Exposure
- Full Sun
- Moisture Needs
- Moderate
- Soil Preference
- Fertile, moist, and well-drained
How to Grow
Prepare
Remove competing weeds and prepare a firm, level seedbed with suitable moisture.
Remove weeds and prepare a firm, level seedbed.
Sow
Broadcast shallowly at the packet rate and press seed into close soil contact.
Broadcast shallowly and press seed into the soil.
Water
Keep the surface evenly moist until seedlings establish and begin spreading.
Keep evenly moist until seedlings begin spreading.
Protect
Limit heavy traffic and competition while the young clover stand fills in.
Limit heavy traffic while young clover fills in.
Maintain
Mow or trim only after establishment, following the intended lawn or cover height.
Trim only after establishment to the intended height.
Garden Uses
Lawns
Ground Cover
Pollinator Gardens
Erosion Control
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