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Fabaceae
Marsh vetchling
Lathyrus palustris
Also known as Lathyrus palustris, Marsh pea, Bog vetchling, Pisum palustre
Native Plants · Wildflower · Wetland Plant · Climbing · Pea Family · Pollinator · Rain Garden · Pond Margin · Native · Perennial · Fabaceae
Marsh vetchling is a scrambling perennial wildflower that thrives in moist to wet soils, making it excellent for rain gardens, pond margins, or naturalized wet meadows. It produces attractive purple-pink pea-like flowers that are highly attractive to bees and butterflies. Provide a support structure or neighboring plants for it to climb, and ensure the soil does not dry out completely between waterings.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly to keep soil evenly moist; tolerates brief wet periods but avoid prolonged drought · Every 7-10 days during growing season
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- 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
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Aleutian Is., Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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