PlantsFlowers
Partridge Pea
Chamaecrista fasciculata
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Annual yellow pea that feeds bees and reseed
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Annual, self-sows
- What to buy
- Seed, direct sow.
- When to plant
- Sow May, after frost. It comes back from seed if you leave some pods.
In the design
A native annual. Useful the year you kill a lawn and the perennials haven't filled in. Bees use it hard.
