Groundcover Specifications
Season: Perennial
USDA Zones: 4 - 10
Height: 20 inches
Width: 20 inches
Bloom Season: Summer through frost
Bloom Color: Pink
Growth Rate: Aggressive
Environment: Full sun to partial shade
Deer Resistant: No
Planting Directions
Temperature: 68F
Average Germ Time: 21 - 35 days
Light Required: No
Depth: 1/4 inch
Soil Type: Well drained soil with pH 5.5 or greater
Sowing Rate: 1 lb per 1,000 square feet
Moisture: Keep seeds continually moist until germination
Outsidepride Crown Vetch Seeds (Coronilla varia) provide durable ground cover and reduce soil erosion. Thriving in USDA Zones 4–10, these perennial seeds adapt to low-fertility soils, drought, and partial shade. Ideal for slopes, rocky areas, and hard-to-reach spaces, Crown Vetch grows up to 20 inches tall, with lush green foliage and pink-to-white flowers blooming from June to frost. With deep roots for stabilization, it’s a great choice for late summer or early fall planting. Create a vibrant, low-maintenance landscape with 2 available sizes of this Crown Vetch Seeds.
Our perennial plants feature vibrant pink blooms and practical benefits, making them ideal for managing erosion and stabilizing soil. Thriving in tough environments, they adapt well to low-fertility soils and require minimal maintenance. Perfect for drought-tolerant wildflower seeds, their dense growth limits invasive plants and enhances landscapes. Whether included in pollinator mixes or as part of perennial xeriscaping projects, our plants create stunning, low-maintenance outdoor spaces with lasting protection.
Our perennial cover plants offer a fast-growing solution for erosion control, thriving in challenging conditions. This hardy cover crop spreads quickly to stabilize soil, reduce runoff, and suppress invasive growth. Ideal for wildflower seed mixes, its vibrant blooms add beauty while requiring minimal maintenance. Perfect for slopes and landscapes, it ensures long-lasting soil protection and healthy ground cover, making it a practical choice for groundcover.
Our Crown vetch plants are simple to grow, requiring a shallow seeding depth of 1/4 to 3/8 inch and a seeding rate of 1 lb per 1,000 square feet. Sown 10 weeks before frost, they adapt well to challenging conditions. Water and a binding agent ensure even seed distribution for effective soil coverage. Ideal for erosion control and included in wildflower seed mixes, they thrive with minimal effort, making them a practical choice for long-lasting ground cover in various landscapes.
Crown Vetch (Coronilla varia) - An extremely fast and aggressive plant, Crown vetch produces a quick ground cover for erosion control with white to pink flowers. This legume should be planted for erosion control in certain hard-to-reach areas such as steep, dry, rocky slopes and low fertility soils. It is best not to grow it in places where there are other plants established as it will crowd them out.
It has moderate shade tolerance, but high drought tolerance. Crown vetch is one of the easiest, fastest, economical and beautiful ways to cover bare ground. You will often see it blooming along the side or center divider of highways, particularly on steep banks or slopes. A superb way to prevent soil erosion, choke out weeds, and beautify the landscape with minimal effort or cost.
Crown vetch quickly spreads by sending out shoots above and below ground getting roots up to 12 inches deep in to time soil permitting. Plants produce billowy, green foliage growing around 20 inches tall with masses of white to pink blooms from June until frost. Dense flowers clustered atop the green foliage makes it an attractive display. Even though each bloom is only 1/2 inch wide, even a small planting creates nearly a solid carpet of pink all summer long!
Crown vetch is fairly slow to germinate; therefore, if planting at the end of summer or early fall allow 10 weeks for establishment before first hard frost date.
