Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens Quadrifolium'
Purple-leaved Clover
Original:Similar to the white clover but this variety 3 to 6 green or purple leaflets to each leaf. Flowers are white and appear from mid-summer. New:A herbaceous perennial,Trifolium repens, or white clover, is a low-growing plant, often growing in grass, and which has white round flower-heads of small pea-flower shaped flowers which are sometimes tinged with pink. It flowers from early Summer to Autumn, and is a member of the bean family. It can also be used as green manure.
Contributed by @crestiesneuk
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Full sun to partial shade
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Very little water
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Purple-leaved Clover
Latin name
Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens Quadrifolium'
type
Perennial
family
Fabaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Very little water
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
1.00 M
0.10 M
Trifolium repens 'Purpurascens Quadrifolium'
Original:Similar to the white clover but this variety 3 to 6 green or purple leaflets to each leaf. Flowers are white and appear from mid-summer. New:A herbaceous perennial,Trifolium repens, or white clover, is a low-growing plant, often growing in grass, and which has white round flower-heads of small pea-flower shaped flowers which are sometimes tinged with pink. It flowers from early Summer to Autumn, and is a member of the bean family. It can also be used as green manure.
Planting
From Late Autumn TO Early Spring
New plants can be obtained by dividing existing clumps and these can be replanted from late Autumn to Spring in any reasonable garden soil in a sunny position.
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