Coronilla
Crown vetch
- Height × spread
- 0.4m – 1.5m × 0.35m – 2m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
These attract because they are dainty and pretty. The leaves are small and often rounded. They are coloured soft green or are in glaucous shades. There is even a very busy-looking variegated form (Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Variegata'). There are pretty pea flowers which come in spring and some forms manage a repeat show of flowers later in the summer. They are often grown as container plants and may even be treated as annuals. Coronilla are variably frost hardy and some forms benefit from the protection of a warm wall. These need some management to give of their best and, if they become leggy over time, benefit from a severe, ground level spring prune to get them going again.
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Green, Grey, White
- Fruit colour
- Beige
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Round
- Height
- 0.4m – 1.5m
- Spread
- 0.35m – 2m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- 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
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, some are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Ground cover, Structural
- 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.
Found in
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Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca
Shrubby scorpion vetch
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Citrina'
Shrubby scorpion vetch
Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca 'Variegata'
Shrubby scorpion vetch