Life Span
Annual and Biennials
Perennial
Type
Flowering Plants
Needled or Scaled Evergreen
Origin
Europe, Asia
Western United States, Canada, Mexico
Types
Vicia ambigua, Vicia eriocarpa, Vicia microphylla
Pinus albicaulis, Pinus monticola
Number of Varieties
52
0
40000
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Habitat
Cultivated Beds, Waste areas
Dry areas
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99993-7
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8 - 1
7-1
Sunset Zone
-
A1, A2, A3, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21
Habit
Prostrate/Trailing
Oval or Rounded
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm1,070.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
60.00 cm610.00 cm
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6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Purple
-
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Green, Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Light Green, Yellow green
Green, Blue Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
Green, Blue Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Pinnate
Needle like
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Very Fast
Slow
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
-
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Drought, Shade areas
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Grafting
Plant Maintenance
Low
Low
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Needs less watering
Do Not over Water, Requires regular watering
In Summer
Less Watering
Regular watering required
In Spring
Less Watering
Moderate
In Winter
Less Watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic
Acidic, Neutral
Soil Type
Clay, Sandy
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Clay, Sandy
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Prune if you want to improve plant shape
Fertilizers
Calcium Sulphate, Phosphorous
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer, Less fertilizing
Pests and Diseases
Pests and diseases free
Rust
Plant Tolerance
Drought, Shade areas
Drought
Flowers
Showy
-
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Fine
Fine
Foliage Sheen
Matte
-
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Insects
-
Allergy
Toxic
-
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Bouquets
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Provides ground cover
Wildlife, Windbreak
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
-
-
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Bark
Other Uses
As a tea substitute, useful as a ground cover
used for making roof trusses, poles, joists, piles, Used in construction, Wood is used for making furniture
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Groundcover
Feature Plant, Screening, Wind Break
Botanical Name
VICIA villosa
PINUS flexilis
Common Name
Fodder Vetch, Hairy Vetch
limber pine
In Hindi
hairy vetch
limber pine
In German
Zottelwicke
limber pine
In French
vesce velue
limber pine
In Spanish
veza
limber pine
In Greek
τριχωτό βίκος
εύκαμπτος πεύκο
In Portuguese
ervilhaca peluda
limver foi
In Polish
owłosione wyki
limver poszedł
In Latin
pea
limver abiit
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Pinopsida
Order
Fabales
Pinales
Family
Fabaceae
Pinaceae
Genus
Vicia
Pinus
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Rosids
-
Tribe
Vicieae
-
Subfamily
Faboideae
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Number of Species
14030
1
27800
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