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

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 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

01

Prepare

Remove competing weeds and prepare a firm, level seedbed with suitable moisture.

Remove weeds and prepare a firm, level seedbed.

02

Sow

Broadcast shallowly at the packet rate and press seed into close soil contact.

Broadcast shallowly and press seed into the soil.

03

Water

Keep the surface evenly moist until seedlings establish and begin spreading.

Keep evenly moist until seedlings begin spreading.

04

Protect

Limit heavy traffic and competition while the young clover stand fills in.

Limit heavy traffic while young clover fills in.

05

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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