Other common names
bird vetch, Canada pea, cow vetch, tine grass, tufted vetch, wild fetches, wild fitches
Herbaceous Perennial
A scrambling perennial climbing with leaf tendrils to around 1.5m. The leaves have many pairs of green leaflets in a ladder-like arrangement, the last two of which are tendrils instead. Flowers consist of many of small purple-blue pea-type flowers all arranged on one side side of the stem and develop into pods of seeds
Position
Full sun
Soil Types
Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand
Max Height
1-1.5 metres
Max Spread
0.5-1 metres