Clitoria, Bluebell, Blue Pea Vine, Butterfly Pea 'Blue Sails'

In central Oklahoma 2 years ago, I very successfully grew Clitoria ternatea and had a massive production of flowers. This year, the leav...Read Morees on my plants are being stripped off, almost overnight. I can't see what's eating them and would like help determining a natural solution to deter whatever is eating them

This vine has lovely deep blue (not violet) rounded flowers and nice, soft, rounded foliage that presents well on soft tendrils. There ar...Read Moree no thorns, and it can be easily trained. I sowed 10 seeds indoors as directed, waited 3 months, and never saw a sprout. So I tossed the tray of soil and seeds in our front garden. A month later I noticed 2 unusual and pretty seedlings in full sun beside my day lilies. Ta-da! Blue pea vine after all. I moved them to pots to take indoors soon. They look awesome next to Fuschia gartenmeister, which I also take inside and get blooms all winter on when placed by sunny south windows.

This is a larval food source for Long Tailed Skippers.

If you like growing vines, this one is a must have. It is very easy to grow and self seeds for plenty of babies the following year. I p...Read Morelanted my vine last year and it even stayed green all winter long! The blooms are a vibrant blue that adds brilliant color to your garden.