Uraria crinita seed
LATIN NAME: Uraria crinita
COMMON NAME: Cat’s Tail Plant
The cat’s tail plant waves the slender, purple flower spikes above the broad, trifoliate leaves, and the whole plant stands in the fine, airy clumps of the warm garden. The upright, spreading, perennial herb carries the broad, trifoliate leaves with the oval, pointed, hairy leaflets and the long, slender, upright, densely packed, purple-blue flower spikes through the warm season, one of the fine, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, round, brownish pods. The bright spikes have a very long record as the fine, showy flowers of the warm gardens, and the plant is a fine, historic presence of the warm garden. It is a plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The cat’s tail plant is a historic subject of the plant science, and the densely packed flower spikes keep showing up in the work on the warm-season legumes. The way the long, slender, upright, densely packed, purple-blue flower spikes form above the broad, trifoliate leaves has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the warm-season legumes, the hairy leaflets and the members of the pea family. The densely packed spikes and the airy habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the cat’s tail plant is a regular subject of the work on the densely packed flower spikes of the warm world.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
The cat’s tail plant is a fine, quiet plant of the warm garden and the study collection. The long, slender, upright, densely packed, purple-blue flower spikes rise above the broad, trifoliate leaves, one of the fine, quiet sights of the warm garden, drawing the bees, and the bright spikes have a very long record as the fine, showy flowers of the warm gardens, the fine, cut flowers coming to the vases and the meadow plantings of the old gardens, while the broad, trifoliate leaves with the oval, pointed, hairy leaflets carry the fine, leafy look of the warm garden, to be followed by the small, round, brownish pods. It is one of the fine choices for the warm garden, the meadow bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the horticultural and the botanical papers for the bright spikes and the fine, airy ways. It is a fine, quiet plant of the open, sunny, deep, rich, moist, well-drained garden.
The cat’s tail seeds germinate well in a fine, gritty mix kept evenly moist. The young plants are easy once they root, and they carry the purple spikes in the first season after planting in the deep, rich ground.
To grow the cat’s tail plant from seed, sow the small, brown seeds sparingly into the surface of the pot of fine, gritty soil, leave them uncovered, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the deep, rich, moist, well-drained ground, the purple spikes will rise over the warm months.