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Fabaceae
Coronilla varia
Coronilla varia
Also known as Coronilla varia f. tenera, Ornithopus varius, Securigera varia, Coronilla varia f. robusta
Native Plants · Groundcover · Perennial · Erosion Control · Nitrogen Fixing · Pink Flowers · Spreading · Legume · Low Maintenance · Roadside · Wildflower
Crown vetch is a robust, low-maintenance perennial groundcover that thrives in full sun to part shade and tolerates a wide range of soil conditions. Water regularly during establishment but it becomes fairly self-sufficient once rooted. It spreads vigorously, so plant where containment is manageable or desired.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow soil surface to dry slightly between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
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
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Albania, Argentina Northeast, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East European Russia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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