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Image of Trifolium repens 'Salsa Dancer' or Ladino Clover or  White Clover or White Dutch Clover

Family:  Papillionaceae
Origin:  Tropical Americas
Light:  Sun/part shade
Height:  3-6"
Spread: 8"-20"   
Blooms:  Sweet scent, white, late Winter
Foliage:  Variegated, green, 4-leaf, red tone in center with dash of white
Soil:  Loamy with some clay, acidic, neutral
Water:  Regular
Propagation:  Seeds (Sow directly onto ground in Fall), rootball divisions
Uses:  Beds/borders, groundcover, houseplant, hanging basket, foliage, mixed containers
Comments:  Trifolium repens 'Salsa Dancer' or Ladino Clover or  White Clover or White Dutch Clover is a breathtaking perennial groundcover with a vigorous, trailing growth habit.  In late Winter or early Spring, it produces sweetly scented white blossoms sticking above attractive variegated foliage, green with red and white tones in the center; this is followed later by seeds.   Trifolium repens 'Salsa Dancer' is easily propagated from seeds or from rootball divisions.  It performs ideally in loamy, clayey, acidic or neutral soil in a sunny or part shade environment.   Ladino Clover is hardy to -25 degrees Fahrenheit.  It is low maintenance and is a beneficial plant for other plants growing around them as it is a nitrogen fixer.  Mass plant them as groundcovers under taller trees or shrubs for a delightful view.  Use them in beds or borders or plant some in hanging baskets or in a mixed container planting for an eye-catching effect.  White Dutch Clover an appropriate plant to have for St Patrick's Day.  Allow Trifolium repens 'Salsa Dancer' to freely trail along the ground for a pleasing carpet display.
Legend has it that if you are able to grow a four-leaved clover, this means you possess overall good luck in health, riches, protection and prosperity and also possess the ability to see the fairy and other supernatural beings as this plant attracts them.
Interestingly, Trifolium is Shamrock of Ireland.
USDA Hardiness Zones :  4-11