Coronilla valentina
Shrubby scorpion vetch
- Height × spread
- 1.5m × 2m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Winter, Spring, Summer
Availability
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About this plant
This small shrub has lovely yellow flowers that smell of ripe peaches from midwinter. The foliage is pretty in its own right with blue-green rather rounded leaflets. It looks very delicate and is wonderful in the long season of its flowering, but rather spare and woody looking at other times.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, fruity-peach
- Shape
- Round
- Height
- 1.5m
- Spread
- 2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Flowers in
- Winter, Spring, Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Scented garden, Mediterranean garden, Conservatory
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal), Sandy soil
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Wall cover, Structural
- Walls
- South, West facing
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early · Planting
Prune annually or for renovation
Prune annually to remove dead or damaged growth and misplaced branches. Occasionally to renovate the plant, replace annual pruning by more drastic renovation pruning where the shrub is taken back to a cluster of stems 30cm - 45cm above the ground.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.