trefle.io · Taken May 1, 2022 by Benito Soto Fernando (cc-by-sa)
Fabaceae
Spring vetch
Vicia lathyroides
Also known as Spring tare, Smooth tare, Vicia sativa, Vicia lathyroides subsp. arenivaga
Native Plants · Vetch · Legume · Nitrogen-Fixer · Wildflower · Ground Cover · Annual · Pollinator · Native · Meadow · Fabaceae
Spring vetch is a low-maintenance annual legume best suited to outdoor gardens and naturalized areas with partial shade. Water regularly during dry spells but ensure good drainage to prevent root rot. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, making it a useful companion plant in vegetable and wildflower gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water lightly to keep soil moderately moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 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, Algeria, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District Of Columbia, East Aegean Is., Finland, France
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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