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Fabaceae
Smooth yellow vetch
Vicia lutea
Also known as Yellow vetch, Vicia lutea, Smooth vetch, Wiggersia lutea
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Vetch · Nitrogen Fixer · Companion Planting · Wildflower · Annual · Ground Cover · Climbing Vine · Meadow · Legume · Cover Crop
Smooth yellow vetch is a low-growing annual or short-lived perennial vine that thrives in well-drained soils with moderate sun exposure. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, making it a useful companion plant or green manure crop in vegetable gardens. Provide a small trellis or allow it to sprawl as a ground cover; it requires minimal care beyond occasional watering.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil evenly moist; avoid waterlogging as roots are sensitive to rot · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.9
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Florida, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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