With tall stalks of pink, pea-shaped flowers and large green leaves, these plants suit their common name, as they are rather showy. Their seeds are very sticky and will attach themselves to anything that comes near, so it’s best to keep them away from paths.
Ecological Importance: The flowers of showy tick trefoil support many species of bees and butterflies, the leaves provide nesting material for leafcutter bees, and the plant is a larval host for the eastern tailed-blue, northern cloudywing, wild indigo duskywing and grey hairstreak butterflies, and the silver-spotted skipper.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet, Medium, Dry
Height: 4 ft
Width: 1-2 ft
Bloom Time: July, August
Bloom Colour: Pink
First year plants available in plant 4” pots.
With tall stalks of pink, pea-shaped flowers and large green leaves, these plants suit their common name, as they are rather showy. Their seeds are very sticky and will attach themselves to anything that comes near, so it’s best to keep them away from paths.
Ecological Importance: The flowers of showy tick trefoil support many species of bees and butterflies, the leaves provide nesting material for leafcutter bees, and the plant is a larval host for the eastern tailed-blue, northern cloudywing, wild indigo duskywing and grey hairstreak butterflies, and the silver-spotted skipper.
Sun Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet, Medium, Dry
Height: 4 ft
Width: 1-2 ft
Bloom Time: July, August
Bloom Colour: Pink
First year plants available in plant 4” pots.
