10 GROUND PLUM Flower Cover Ground Plum Milkvetch Astragalus Crassicarpus Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Ground Plum OTHER COMMON NAMES: Groundplum / Ground Plum Milkvetch / Buffalo Pea SCIENTIFIC NAME: Astragalus Crassicarpus syn. Astragalus Mexicanus / Astragalus Succulentus / Geoprumnon Succulentum COLOR: Lavender, Purple, & White PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify BLOOM TIME: May - June HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 8 PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 24" PLANT SPACING: 12 - 15" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 10 Seeds OTHER: The Ground Plum is a beautiful ground cover that is native to The US & Canada. Pink, purple, & white pea like flowers bloom in 3/4" long in clusters on stalks above the foliage. The foliage is ferny & resembles that of a vetch. They get their common name Ground Plum from the 1 1/2” ornamental fruit that ripens to purple like a plum. The fruit starts out green, & turns lovely blushing shades of pink & apricot before maturing in purple. The Ground Plum is a legume, and is an extremely lovely way im