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Fabaceae
Wood vetch
Vicia sylvatica
Also known as Bird vetch, Tufted vetch, Cow vetch, Cracca sylvatica
Native Plants · Climbing · Wildflower · Woodland · Cottage Garden · Pollinator · Vetch · Perennial Vine · Legume · Native · Shade Tolerant
Wood vetch is a delicate climbing wildflower native to European woodlands and hedgerows, producing elegant white-veined purple blooms in summer. It thrives in partial shade with well-drained, moderately fertile soil and benefits from a trellis or nearby shrubs to scramble through. This low-maintenance plant is a wonderful choice for naturalistic cottage or woodland gardens and is loved by pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately at the base; allow soil to partially dry between waterings · Every 10-14 days during dry spells; rainfall usually sufficient
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- 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
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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