Horseshoe Vetch
Hippocrepis comosa
0656-Hippocrepis comosa-Švýc.-7.04 by Vojtěch Zavadil (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Full Sun
Light watering
Frost Hardy
7a
USDA zone
-18°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
50cm | Max | 45cm |
10cm | Min | 20cm |
Flowering
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spring
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summer
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autumn
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winter
This plant has a strong fragrance
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Horseshoe Vetch Overview
Also known as horseshoe vetch, this species is a low-growing, flowering, perennial shrub that produces many clusters of yellow, strongly scented, pea-like flowers in spherical arrangements radiating from a central stem. Following flowering, narrow seed pods are produced, which upon maturity curl up into U-shapes resembling horseshoes, hence their common name. Foliage is narrow, rounded and divided into leaflets, these are arranged in 4 or 5 pairs, with a single leaflet at the tip.
How to propagate Horseshoe Vetch
Seed
Sow the seeds in the spring or the autumn.
Other uses of Horseshoe Vetch
Found in grassland.
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