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Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) 350 Seeds Per Gram
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Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) 350 Seeds Per Gram

Product Code:  anvu350

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A short to medium height plant this perennial vetch is characterised by its silky pinnate leaves and flower head crowded with many small flowers each with a woolly calyx. The flowers can vary from very pale yellow through to orange and occasionally crimson but our plants are a typical mid yellow. Flowering occurs from June to September.

We sell Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) seeds per gram; customers should be aware that when ordering more than one gram of Kidney vetch seeds, the entire amount will be bagged together to reduce unnecessary packaging.


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* Type: Grassland Perennial
* Seeds per gram: 350
* Origin: Kent
* Kidney vetch provides food for a number of beetle and moth larvae but, most importantly, is the sole food plant for the caterpillars of the small blue butterfly. The flowers also provide nectar and pollen for beetles and bees.

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Complete Product Information for Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) 350 Seeds Per Gram
Kidney vetch is found on free draining calcareous soils on chalk and limestone grasslands, rocky outcrops and near the sea on shingle and sand dunes. About five sub species occur in the British Isles, three of which are native and the other two are recent introductions. The native population appears relatively stable.

Kidney vetch is best sown in the autumn and in common with many legumes the speed of germination is improved by scarifying the seed. Given a bare infertile site, Kidney vetch can become the dominant pioneering plant before giving way to other species as the site matures.

If you sow a mix containing Kidney vetch it might take over for the first two years or so; however this is normally a temporary phase and rarely effects the establishment of other species. Kidney vetch is a short lived perennial and propagates almost entirely by seed; it is therefore important to have some disturbance to the soil if the plant is to persist. This can often happen in the process of cutting a meadow and removing the hay but if you find the species continues to decline it is worth giving the sward a bit of a harrow after the hay cut.


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Kidney vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria) 350 Seeds Per Gram
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