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My neighbor actually tore down one of my vines since it was "ugly" ie all leaves. Then my other one started to bloom (and also get sooty...Read More
I really love this plant. I have two varieties and that bloom and produce beans both indoors and outside. The only negative aspect is tha...Read More
Pretty vine, easy to grow from seed. Flowers & pods are also pretty. Ours is growing in a pot against a trellis & brick wall, semi-shad...Read More
I tried growing it last year and this year (two different houses). Neither plants took off, growth stalled at around 4 inches. Any idea why?
I read with interest the comments about the bean being poisonous. They are indeed edible. For correct information, see this link
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I knew them as Jacobs beans.... They are grown for food, but there are much better beans for that. I cant grow them on the cow fences- or...Read More
President Thomas Jefferson grew this annual vine at Monticello over 200 years ago. Its heirloom history drew me to try it initially. I ...Read More
I was in great admiration of this vine....I'm looking for a vine to cover my surrounding fenced pastures as a privacy shield from the hig...Read More
I am growing lab lab about 100 km east of Melbourne, Australia. The climate here is cool/temperate, winter min daytime temp rarely gets b...Read More
Love the hyacinth bean vine, purple flowers, pods and stems are just beautiful when climbing a panel fence.. Does well in my area as a an...Read More
Saw this plant first time growing in the garden at work. Harvested some of the seeds. Grew them in a pot as I had no garden area at the...Read More
I bought seeds from Montecello, VA in April and brought them home. June 21st I planted them in peat starters. Today, the seeds are alrea...Read More
A friend gave me seed pods last summer (2009) when I complimented her on the way this plant looked climbing over her backyard trellis. Sh...Read More
Love this plant. Growing on a wooden fence with afternoon sun in Texas. Wilts every day and still hangs in there. Warning: Last two ye...Read More
Hyacinths are very pretty, and ever so fragrant.
Plant them in autumn for a spring show.
One does have fa...Read More
My Hyacinth Bean vine is not blooming on September 7th, in sun from 1:00 on. I live in PA, zone 6a. We have had a rainy summer. There...Read More
This plant is easy to grow. The seeds I started were at least a couple of years old and they sprouted within a few days right outside. ...Read More
I looked lablab purpureus up on PubMed and other sci sites and found some interesteding stuff. It's being used as a ruminant food (goats...Read More
I am glad to see that others have eaten the bean and survived. It has been a couple of years since I grew this vine, but I enjoyed it im...Read More
The plant is lovely and easy to grow. However, be careful where you plant it because it can become invasive. It will take over and shad...Read More
Ditto all the comments about its beauty, slowness, heaviness. Overall I loved this plant, especially the pods. In Duxbury, MA it did fine...Read More
I planted it this summer to cover a chain link fence and cover it it does! The only issue with this vine is as it started blooming and pr...Read More
IMHO, the growth potential of this plant is underestimated. When we lived in Frederick, MD (21701), I planted this in our backyard garden...Read More
pretty purple leaves. In our region 7b, it can not handle FULL SUN, may be morning sun with partial shade.
Beautiful addition to our tiny garden. Took a while to germinate, but then took off. You need a strong trellis for it; it grows quick a...Read More
i love this plant. i live in palm springs, CA where summer days can reach 120+ degrees. this plant seems to likes to have cool, moist f...Read More
Absolutely stunning vine!
Takes a while to get going, but once it does, it
can't be beat for getting attention.
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Very easy to grow, a hummingbird magnet. I've never had much luck attracting hummingbirds. They would actually hang out and perch in t...Read More
This is a beautiful and vigorous vine, with purpley-green foliage,
deep purple stems and lovely, fragrant blooms. In my area,
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I planted two seeds when my husband cut the shading plants from near a bird cage. They grew fast and made a lovely shade, The flower sm...Read More
GREAT vine!!!!! Even though I planted it late in the growing season, it performed exceptionally well. The blooms were a gorgeous, vibra...Read More
This plant is pretty in every way - even the seeds are attractive! The foliage has purple veins, the flowers are fragrant. Easy to grow a...Read More
I planted this around my front door which is right on the street. Slow to start here on Cape Cod, but when it took off it was a monster ...Read More
Loganville, Ga - This plant did very well planted in Full sun...it took off fast and required support. The purple pods are gorgeous!
This is a great, quick growing vine that will beautifully cover an arbor (or anything else). Last year it even self-seeded here in zone ...Read More
I love the hyacinth bean , It is wonderful to cover fences and anything else for that matter. It attract hummingbirds ,bees, and some of ...Read More
I had one growing around a bluebird nesting box and it grew very well. I like that not only the blossoms are attractive but also the foli...Read More
Grew this vine for the first time this year. It was awesome on my trellis.I bought it at a local nursery and am collecting the seed pods ...Read More
A lovely and quick vine to grow, it took off like lightning, quickly covering up a pole, soon after there were luscious buds and blooms e...Read More
I planted mine across my front fence and it took off like you wouldn't believe.. it trailed down both side fences!! People were stopping ...Read More
This is my first year to grow this particular plant and I am thrilled with the results. The vines were slow to take off, but once they d...Read More
I am growing this plant in Athens, Greece. I started from seed directly into the soil mid-March and have three vigorously climbing plants...Read More
When my siblings and I were growing up in Cuba, our mom planted some Hyacinth bean seeds given to her by the gardener. They covered a hu...Read More
This grew to cover the open side of our front patio. Just beautiful, and very little care. Constantly had strangers coming up and askin...Read More
I've tried growing hyacinth bean two years in a row now with the same results--lots of foliage, no flowers. I see now (from one of the pr...Read More
Edgewood, Washington
I planted a few last Spring. Was slow to take off but then went wild. Love the flowers and it makes a great...Read More
Planted one seed and it bloomed in about 2 months....so quick and such vivid purple blooms....nice fragrance. Really is a good climber to...Read More
I planted three seeds that I got from my mother in Oklahoma right in the garden in late spring here in southern California. All three w...Read More
My chainlink fence is covered in this plant - it grows very fast. Although some say you need to soak or take seeds out of pod, I just put...Read More
I was told to plant the white edge up. Also, they don't cotton to being transplanted so should be started in a peat pellet. If you remove...Read More
I have the seeds germinating right now in San Diego, California; it's been 19 days and still nothing yet. The bag instruction says 7-20 ...Read More
Great Hummingbird attractor but heavy vine. Sturdy growing pole, trellis, fence will be needed. NOTE: Dry seeds should be well cooked i...Read More
In zone 8, where this plant is hardy, the seeds should be planted appox 2 weeks after the last frost date so it has enough time to form f...Read More
This plant is a hummingbird magnet
For livestock, it is an adequate source of much needed protein: it can be grazed in a pasture setting or as a companion crop to maize, c...Read More
This is a beautiful vine.It covers fast and does need something to climb on that is sturdy. Last year I had 2 growing on a arch trellis ...Read More