Utah Sweetvetch (Hedysarum boreale) is a native herbaceous, perennial legume with large, showy flowers lasting from late spring to early summer that are usually pink or purple, but can also be red. This plant is also an important forage plant and fixes nitrogen in the soil. This plant grows deep taproots and is extremely drought tolerant. It makes a great addition to perennial beds and borders, cottage gardens, rock gardens, fruit tree guilds, and naturalized prairie and meadow plantings. It can survive with no supplemental irrigation, but looks its best when watered on a low schedule. 
 
Each seed packet contains 0.5 grams, or 40 to 100 seeds.