Description
The woolly-pod milkvetch would make for a delicious dwarf species in the rockery. Small clumps of woolly silvery foliage, purple flowers followed by equally ornamental pods covered in woolly hairs – cottonballs-like; you have to see it to believe it.
We just need to provide a full sun location with stellar drainage.
Images: Astragalus purshii ssp. tinctus
Germination: all other Astragalus species I’ve tried were warm germinators, after using the Hot water treatment. You may have to repeat the treatment a few times.
Alternatively, sow the seeds in the fall/winter and be patient; the hard seedcoat will degrade in time to allow water imbibition and germination.
Fabaceae seedlings & plants dislike transplanting; for this reason, direct sowing can also be tried. Or, use peat-pots or other kind of pots that can be planted whole in the ground.
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