Bush Vetch
Vicia sepium
- Flowering period
- May–August
- Nectar
- gut
- Pollen
- mittel
Bush Vetch flowers from May to August, starting earlier than most other vetches. The nectar value is good, the pollen value medium. It grows climbing on hedges, forest margins and roadside verges, in both partial shade and sun. For beekeeping it is a typical trickle flow that helps fill the gap between the fruit bloom and the summer flow.
Sources (5)
- Trachtpflanzen-Katalog Bienenroute: Zaun-Wicke
- Bienenweidekatalog Baden-Württemberg, Ministerium für Ernährung, Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz mit Universität Hohenheim
- Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
- Filipiak, Walczyńska, Denisow, Petanidou, Ziółkowska (2022): Phenology and production of pollen, nectar and sugar in 1612 plant species from various environments
- Baude, Kunin, Memmott (2015): Nectar sugar values of common British plant species [AgriLand]