6 Best Lawn Alternatives What To Plant Instead Of A Lawn? Ground Cover Plants. Photo - Page 4 Of 7

4. Creeping clover

Legendary three-leaf clover leaves that never tire of captivating gardeners and offer strikingly bright and fresh-looking continuous coverings - some of the most beautiful of the ground cover. It is a perennial with creeping stems that can take root in internodes. Creeping clover reaches a maximum height of 40 cm only during flowering, when spherical apical inflorescences of white, pink, greenish color rise above the mass of foliage.

The main trump card of clovers is the beauty of the carpet, which seems lush and dense at the same time. But one must not forget about purely practical advantages. Clovers are resistant even to intense loads and perfectly tolerate trampling. They protect the soil and improve its characteristics, appear radiant and bring truly fabulous effects to your garden design. During flowering, clover carpets always attract bees and butterflies.

Creeping clover care

Creeping clovers prefer sunny areas; in shading they often lose the varietal features of the color of the leaves. They are not demanding on soils, but they do not tolerate waterlogging and stagnation of moisture, they feel better on high-quality moist soils.

The best varieties of creeping clover:

Dragon's Blood decorated with a cream check mark and a red spot;

the most common variety is "Purpurascens" with an emerald border on brown leaves and a little similar to it, but more contrasting "Dark Dancer" with dark leaves decorated with an emerald border and snow-white flower heads;

the four - leaf variety “Good Luck”, available in both emerald green and variegated forms;

the spotted varieties William, Hiccups and Atropurpurea;

purple -leaved Wheatfen with bright pink inflorescences.

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