Vicia
Vetch, Tare, Bean
- Height × spread
- 1.5m – 1.5m × 0.8m – 1m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
Many plants are seasonal. Call 01234 567890 to check current stock.
About this plant
This family incorporates some ornamental weeds but also broad beans (Vicia faba). Tares (Vicia sativa) is an annual that can climb or be grown on open ground, and has been widely grown as a fodder crop. The vetches are attractive wild plants that exist in both annual and perennial forms. They can climb to 2 metres or more. Their pea flowers, borne in summer, are carried in rounded or columnar clusters and are in shades of purple, pink and yellow. They are attractive plants for a wild garden or for growing into hedges.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Pink, Red
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 1.5m – 1.5m
- Spread
- 0.8m – 1m
- Season of interest
- Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Seaside garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, some are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bee attraction, Butterfly attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.