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Fabaceae
Bramble vetch
Vicia tenuifolia
Also known as Bird vetch, Vicia cracca var. leptophylla, Tufted vetch, Ervum tenuifolium
Native Plants · Vetch · Fabaceae · Climbing · Nitrogen-Fixing · Perennial · Wildflower · Legume · Wildlife · Cottage Garden · European Native
Bramble vetch is a vigorous climbing perennial legume that fixes nitrogen in the soil, making it a valuable addition to any wildlife or cottage garden. It performs best in well-drained to average soil with partial shade and requires a trellis or neighbouring shrubs to scramble through. Once established it is largely self-sufficient and benefits from a cut-back after flowering.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; established plants tolerate short dry spells · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7.5–8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, China South-Central, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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