This pathetic little plant that has been in a 4-inch pot all summer. I've had it in pile of future compost plants. I noticed yesterday he has put out some blooms. The seeds were from a double blue clitorea. The center of the petals are white. Is this unique for a clitorea?
wow i think it beautiful
i do too, none of mine did this
Mine usually do have the white center.
My dark blue one has the white center ..
Larkie
I think mine have white, will have to check in the morning. It's pretty.
My doubles didn't grow. Trying again next year. I really like the blues.
The ultramarine blue shading between the blue and white is what makes it interesting to me. Do you remember where you got the seeds from? My double blue clitorias don't have that shading. The white area is less.
what a beautiful blue!!!!
Dinu - I think I got the seeds from you!
Very pretty plant. Sounds like they tend to be a little bit different. I have one growing from seed that Dinu gave me. Should be a few months before my first bloom.
I haven't had the doubles grow for me but the singles bloom fairly quickly. I'm guessing less that two months from seed to bloom. Will certainly put mine in a hanging basket next year or a trellis of their own. I'm going to have a real mess untangling them from the grape vines.
Poppysue
I went back after seeing your pic and noticed that light blue shading in my flower as well. But it is not as pronounced as yours. It is almost a thin line between the white and the dark blue.
Has anyone tried to winter a clitorea indoors? This little plant will not have time to make seeds. I was thinking I might try and bring it inside for the winter.
poppysue I have been growing my little clitorea for 5 weeks now in a bright sunny bedroom window. It seems to love it there. Its really flourishing. I had heard somewhere that these vines do make nice houseplants if you have a sunny window.
That is a beautiful bloom, especially since it is BLUE!
Would you have any seeds to share from this plant?
Another "BLUE" lover :~)
Shirley - this plant is so tiny I don't think it will produce any seeds.
Shirley you have mail
Shirley, if you still need some seeds I have a few you could have. Let me know.
This year I started seeds for the double blue Clitorea ternata, but my plant produced both double and single flowers. All that I have ever had did have more than one color---looking at the bloom face-on, it would have a white portion between the outer edge and the yellow center.
I did have one single blue plant that I kept as a houseplant for several years. It usually got pretty ugly over the winter, but bloomed beautifully each summer until Hound ate it---hence the new one from seed this summer.
Anybody got seeds for the white form? Single or double, I don't care. And have any of you actually seen a pink form? Everybody was looking for it last fall, but I've not been able to find anything about it on the web---no commercial seed sources, etc.
MsBatt I found some seeds on e-bay for the white Clitoria pea. They are actually from a company who puts out a catalog called Plants of Distinction. If you ever find out where you can find the pink ones please let me know. I just love pink. I know what you mean about finding it difficult to find these vines. I have still not been able to locate any Spurred Butterfly Pea vine seeds.
http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/7385/
MsBatt, do you mean this one?
Poppysue, I'll post a pic somewhat similar to this. Look out.
