Sainfoin Seeds onobrychis viciifolia – grows best in dry grassland and is well suited to chalk and limestone soils on sites where there is plenty of sunlight. In gardens it makes a bright addition to a summer flowering wildflower meadow.
Sainfoin is a low growing species with spikes of attractive pink flowers that appears from June to August. It looks best growing with other chalk and limestone plants that flower in early to mid summer such as Oxeye daisies, Greater Knapweed, Kidney Vetch, Meadow Cranesbills and Small Scabious.