White Clover

Trifolium repens

Fabaceae (Legume)

A low perennial clover for a 'living mulch' — fixes nitrogen, feeds bees, and tolerates light foot traffic.

Cover cropFixes nitrogenBuilds soilPollinatorPerennial

White Clover (Trifolium repens) illustration — Texas Roots plant database, by Jordan Polasek

Sun

Full sun to part shade

Water

Moderate

Soil

Average

pH

6.0–7.0

Hardiness

Perennial

Height

4–8 in

Spacing

Broadcast

Days to harvest

Living mulch

What it is

White Clover (Trifolium repens) is in the Fabaceae (Legume) family. A low perennial clover for a 'living mulch' — fixes nitrogen, feeds bees, and tolerates light foot traffic.

How to grow it

It wants full sun to part shade, water it moderate, and give it average soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.0. Space plants about Broadcast apart. Expect roughly Living mulch. Perennial.

How it's used

White Clover is used: living mulch; flowers edible.

🔎 How to identify it

Three leaflets, pale crescent mark
Creeping rooting stems
White round flower heads

Edibility

PartsFlowers (tea)

UsesLiving mulch; flowers edible

CautionMostly a soil/pollinator crop.

🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.

Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.