trefle.io · Taken Jun 13, 2018 by Creu Lopez (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Fodder vetch
Vicia villosa
Also known as Tares, Vicia unguiculata, Vicia godronii, Vicia villosa f. hamata
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Cover Crop · Legume · Nitrogen Fixer · Vetch · Annual Forage · Ground Cover · Pollinator Plant · Fast Growing
Fodder vetch is a hardy, fast-growing legume that thrives in full sun to partial shade with average moisture. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, making it an excellent cover crop or green manure. Sow directly outdoors in well-drained soil and water regularly until established.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chile Central
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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