Perennial Peanuts
aka arachis pintoi, pintoi peanuts, wild peanuts,Tired of mowing? The amazingly tough perennial peanut can replace your entire lawn - or parts of it - with beauty and style. The dense foliage of mature plants will crowd out most weeds. As a deep border for a garden bed, perennial peanut creates a formal look, and it can also fill in around landscape boulders.
A close relative of the common peanuts, they don't produce edible seeds, but their vivid, yellow flowers are tasty and have a nutty flavour.
Light : Sunny
Water : Once or twice a day
Soil : good drainage
Fertilizer : not necessary
GROW
Propagate : cuttings , seedingsLight : Sunny
Water : Once or twice a day
Soil : good drainage
Fertilizer : not necessary
For tight (almost instant lawn) plant roughly 2ft apart. If given 3 months to creep, you can plant about 6ft apart.
USES
Apart from being a beautiful almost whimsical lawn, the flowers are edibles and often use by chefs around the world for garnishing, salad and plating. It has a nutty earthy taste.
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