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Fabaceae
Goat's-rue
Galega officinalis
Also known as Galega coronilloides, Galega patula, Wild sweet pea, Callotropis tricolor
Native Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Legume · Medicinal Herb · Pollinator Plant · Perennial · Fabaceae · Herbaceous · Cottage Garden · Nitrogen Fixing · Bee Friendly · Summer Bloomer
Goat's-rue is a vigorous, clump-forming perennial legume that thrives in full sun to partial shade with average, well-drained soils. It is historically valued in herbal medicine and produces attractive lilac to white pea-like flowers in summer that are highly attractive to pollinators. Once established it requires minimal care, though it can spread aggressively in favorable conditions so monitor its spread in garden settings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 10 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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