Low Spreading Cover
Creeping stolons root at the nodes and help plants form a close low-growing cover.Creeping stems help form a close low-growing cover.
White Dutch Clover Seed
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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 Dutch clover (Trifolium repens) is a low-growing perennial legume that spreads by creeping stolons and produces rounded white to pink-tinged flower heads. It can be used in flowering lawns, ground cover, and mixed plantings.
Grow in full sun to partial shade and fertile, moist, well-drained soil. Sow shallowly into a firm seedbed, maintain good seed-to-soil contact, and keep the surface evenly moist during establishment.
A low-growing perennial clover that spreads by stolons and carries rounded white flower heads across lawns and ground-cover 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.
Lawn-Compatible Habit
The compact perennial habit works in flowering lawns and mixed ground-cover areas.A compact perennial for 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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