White Prairie Clover

Pretty wands of waving white, the native wildflower White Prairie Clover (Dalea candida) is a long-blooming prairie plant with loads of support for beneficial insects, plus lots of modern gardening applications! The white flower spikes open from the bottom up, lasting from late spring until fall!

An important short grass prairie plant, Prairie Clover are wildflowers and hardy natives that stand up to drought, sun, heat, and chill beautifully! Get ready to see all the native bees and butterflies show up because these are vital nectar and pollen resources for a wide variety of winged visitors! Especially as a host plant for endangered Southern Dogface, California Dogface, and Reakirt's Blue Butterflies!

Growing just 18-24 inches tall when in bloom, these airy, clumping herbaceous perennials spread just 12-15 inches wide. Thriving throughout much of the midwest and USDA growing zones 3 through 8, there is little that fazes these natives once they are established.

Planting and Application:

White Prairie Clovers are fantastic low-growing perennial natives that are highly adaptable and hardy! Use in Xeric landscaping and shortgrass prairie restorations, as airy edging and border plants, throughout the informal garden, in pollinator strips along agricultural farmland, and as beneficial insect buffer zones along commercial properties!

White Prairie Clovers are members of the Pea/Legume family and fix nitrogen in the soil, making them beneficial for soil health and soil improvement! So include them in a perimeter garden around your Victory garden to help improve the soil and to draw pollinators to your orchards, too!

Great for use as a herbaceous forb for cattle and livestock grazing, this shortgrass prairie plant is an important food source for antelope, deer, and game birds, and Sharp-Tailed Grouse. Mixed with native Ornamental Grasses and other wildflowers like their purple flowering form, Prairie Clover is very low-maintenance once established!

As pretty in the landscape as they are in the grassland, the fine-textured green leaves and tall waving flowering stems add a mist-like pop of color to Cottage Gardens, Moon Gardens, Rock Gardens, mixed perennial borders, and meadow installations! Plant a pollinator garden that doubles as a cutting garden, giving you lots of quirky flowers for bouquets until autumn!

• Long-Lasting White Wands On Tall Stems Bloom From Bottom Up!
• Vital Pollinator Native Resource
• Airy Branching and Fine-Textured Foliage
• Small Perennial Wildflower - Fixes Nitrogen In Soil
• Versatile Informal Garden Use, Prairie Restoration & Xeric Landscaping

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Prairie Clovers are xeric perennials that need full sun and very well-drained soil. Not minding the quality of the soil, they'll simply make their surroundings better by acting as their own fertilizer because of the beneficial bacteria in their roots that fix nitrogen. Provide regular water while plants are getting started, but once established, they are pretty much self-sufficient. The nice long tap root of this hardy perennial is highly drought tolerant! Cut the tops back in late winter or early spring.

• Full Sun
• Any Well-Drained Soil
• Moderate to Low Moisture Needs
• Deer Resistant
• Prune Back After Frost Kills Back The Tops

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