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 ...

Q: I am surprised that you would recommend crown vetch, as it is quite invasive -- and difficult to eradicate once established. It is aggressive, and seeds can lie dormant for up to 15 years. Please ...

Crown vetch (Coronilla varia), with its fine leaved foliage and pink florets in a crown-shaped circle, is suitable ground cover for large areas. Its sprawling, two-foot-high growth and aggressive ...

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 ...

Crown vetch is a perennial legume that spreads by strong fleshy rhizomes (underground root stalks). It has coarse, strongly branched stems 2-6 feet long and an extremely heavy multi-branched root ...

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 ...