DESCRIPTION: The Peirson's milk vetch is a perennial herb with erect stems, eight to 36 inches long. Flower clusters contain five to 20 flowers with pink-purple petals, often white tipped. The fruit ...

If you want to plant crown vetch, spring is the time to do so. A member of the legume (pea) family, crown vetch is a perennial ground cover. It offers fine-textured foliage in spring and attractive ...

With its oversized seeds and small leaves, Peirson's milk vetch is well adapted for survival in the harsh conditions of blowing sand dunes. Large seeds ensure that germinated seedlings have enough ...

Dear Jane: I'm considering crown vetch for a bank in our backyard after seeing it along highways this spring. How does the foliage look after the plant blooms? Is it too invasive for a home landscape?

Q: I have a steep slope that was covered in crown vetch. I covered it in landscape fabric and mulch to kill it. It's been two years and it appears to have worked. Should I go ahead and tear up the mat ...

Researchers from Utah Valley University and the U.S. Forest Service are planting Holmgren milk-vetch on property along Interstate 15 near the Utah/Arizona border in order to augment the dwindling ...

The spring of 2019 is continuing the longstanding trend of brilliant botanical reemergence in Leon County. Azalea cultivars, the local and the non-native varieties, loropetalums and others have been ...

Recently added to Minnesota’s restricted noxious weed list, crown vetch (Securigera varia) is difficult to control once it is established. It is native to central and Eastern Europe and the Caucus ...