Perennial Of The Day

Marsilea mutica

Water Clover

Type Perennial, fern

Hardy range 9A to 11

Height 3" to 6" / 8cm to 15cm

Growth rate Average

Form Prostrate, spreading or horizontal and variable spread

Exposure Full sun

Persistence Deciduous

Environment This plant tolerates occasional wetness.
This plant will grow in wet soil.
Suitable soil is well-drained/loamy.
The pH preference is a neutral soil.

Leaf Color Green and variegated

This plant has attractive foliage.

Culture Notes Easy to grow aquatic plant. It is grown for its floating clover-like foliage, because it does not have flowers. Needs to be thinned periodically or it will take over the surface of a pond. Cuttings can be taken from the rhizomes in spring.

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