10 Seeds w/Instructions
Hyacinth bean is a beautiful vine that twines around fences, posts or trellises. It grows rapidly in a single season, reaching up to 20 feet. It produces pink purple and white bi-colored flowers and striking electric-purple to magenta colored seed pods. The flowers are edible with a hint of sweetness. Leaves and young bean pods are edible too, but have to be fully cooked before consumption. Highly attractive to hummingbirds and bees.
Perennial in zones 9 - 11, grown as an annual in the temperate north. Excellent nitrogen fixer. Plant prefers full sun, rich, well-drained soil and a trellis.
Other Names: Purple bean vine, purple vine, climber, perennial vine, lablab-bean bonavist bean, dolichos bean, seim bean, lablab bean, Egyptian kidney bean, Indian bean, bataw, Australian pea, Dolichos benghalensis, Dolichos lignosus, Dolichos niger, Dolichos purpureus, Dolichos sondanensis, Lablab cultratus, Lablab lablab, Lablab niger, Lablab purpurea, Lablab vulgaris.
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