This is a spectacular, easy to grow vine with abundant, exceptionally fragrant flower clusters, beautiful purple seed pods and attractive...Read More, large black and white seeds. I wish more people knew about this lovely plant.
Caution eating mature dry seed: High concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides (cyanide).
Don't know my variety. Puple flo...Read Morewers, purple pods. Vigorous growth in N. Texas. Save seed from dry pods. Good at least 2 years with refrigeration.
I think the beans in 'Jack and the Beanstalk' must have been Hyacinth Beans. The vines are very long (15 feet or more) and the flowers a...Read Morend beans are produced non-stop until frost. It was fun to grow, and pretty, but I had to cut it back more than once during the summer. The young pods are edible and we liked them best in minestrone since they are flat like romano beans. The black and white seeds are striking also.
This is a spectacular, easy to grow vine with abundant, exceptionally fragrant flower clusters, beautiful purple seed pods and attractive...Read More
Caution eating mature dry seed: High concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides (cyanide).
Don't know my variety. Puple flo...Read More
I think the beans in 'Jack and the Beanstalk' must have been Hyacinth Beans. The vines are very long (15 feet or more) and the flowers a...Read More
A rare variety from the Mascarene Islands in the Indian Ocean. Purple flowers and pods.