Fabaceae
Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa
Vicia sativa subsp. macrocarpa
Also known as Vicia macrocarpa, Vicia sativa subvar. macrocarpa, Vicia sativa var. macrocarpa
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Vetch · Legume · Cover Crop · Nitrogen Fixing · Mediterranean · Fabaceae · Vining · Purple Flowers · Perennial · Pollinator
Large-podded vetch is a vigorous Mediterranean legume prized for its nitrogen-fixing ability and attractive purple blooms. It grows quickly in well-drained soils and performs well as a cover crop or naturalized wildflower in mixed plantings. Minimal care is needed once established, making it ideal for low-maintenance gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil evenly moist; avoid waterlogging · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -40°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-In-Europe, Yugoslavia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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