Vicia faba | Vetch, Field Bean, Horse Bean, Fava Bean. Originated in … Persia | Groundcover
Vicia faba belongs to the plant family FABACEĈ and Genus Vicia This Groundcover prefers soil a pH of 7 . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Full sun to full shade
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Vicia faba does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Vicia faba so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Vicia faba vetch,field bean,horse bean,fava bean is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Potassium
The flowers of Vicia faba have a mild cinnamon-like aroma. Fava bean (also known as horse bean, field bean or vetch) likes full sun to full shade.
Flowers: Vicia faba has 1 inch white flowers with dull purple dot emerging from leaf axil. The blossoms are most often a white color.
Vicia faba | Vetch, Field Bean, Horse Bean, Fava Bean is classed as a flowering plant specimen. The flower's principle colouring is white. If the flower has other colours these flower accent colors would be described as … . Secondary color or not the flower is described as: 1 inch white flowers with dull purple dot emerging from leaf axil
Flowers of the plant Vicia faba have a smell of cinnamon honey fragrance when grown in masses and in terms of a broad classification could be described as … Cinnamon | Mild
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 5' feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
This plant is will tolerate frost and is classed as … Tolerates cold
Some suggested culinary uses for this plant are … Cooked;Frozen. A descriptive flavor or texture charateristic of this plant is … has mixed lima bean and pea flavors
Beans … are the edible part(s) of the Stawberry Guava, Cattley Guava plant
It has mixed lima bean and pea flavors. Vicia faba is most commonly used frozen or cooked. The beans of this plant as well as the pollen are toxic. It is poisonous if ingested. It contains cyanogenic glycosides which can cause headache, dizziness, vomiting, fever, anemia, jaundice, and death in some humans, especially young boys, with favism (a red blood cell enzyme deficiency).
Suggested spacing for this crop to ensure plants next to each other use the space optimally without losing the benefits of sunshine and water needs is 4" in one direction and 3" in the other direction.
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