Let’s figure it out! Vetch sounds pretty cool, but do we even know what vetch is? Vetches are a member of the pea family, scientifically known as Fabaceae. This family is the third-largest plant ...

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 ...

Q.: How can you get rid of crown vetch? I've used 2-4-D and Round-Up and just when you think it's dead, it starts to green up again. I'm not sure exactly how it got into this one patch of my yard, but ...

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?

DESCRIPTION: The Holmgren's milk vetch is a stemless, herbaceous perennial that produces leaves and small purple flowers in spring — both of which die back to the plant's roots after flowering season.