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Freeport Gardening Guide: Butterfly Pea

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Butterfly Pea

Butterfly Pea Seeds, Lavender Queen:

Description: This double-petaled, lavender- colored butterfly pea vine is stunning! This member of the bean family is native to Southeast Asia. The blooms are extra fancy and ornamental, and as a bonus, they’re edible! The lovely flowers make a natural food dye and soothing tea to calm the nerves. This incredibly heat- and humidity-tolerant flowering vine will look stunning growing up arbors, archways, and fences in your summer garden. A must-have in southern landscapes, but also adapts well to northern gardens as long as the summer is warm. An extra select strain from Thailand.

A close-up of Lavender Queen Butterfly Pea flowers with foliage on a light blue background.

 

Butterfly Pea Seeds, Blue Queen:

Description: Edible blue flowered vinet from Thailand. Gorgeous, huge, double blue blooms make a natural food dye and soothing tea to calm the nerves. This double-flowered type was found in Thailand, where the blooms are used to dye everything from teas to rice and desserts. A gorgeous ornamental edible flower, the vines are smothered in dazzling indigo petals. Our favorite kid-friendly drink; when you add a drop of lemon to the deep blue tea, the color instantly turns a bright pink, like magic!  Natural Pink Lemonade, anyone? A fine variety.

Blue Butterfly Peas with exposed stem.

 

Butterfly Pea Seeds, Thai Blue:

Description: 100 Days. Edible blue flowered vining plant native to Southeast Asia. Gorgeous, huge, single and double blue blooms make a natural food dye and soothing tea to calm the nerves. This single and double flowered type was found in Thailand, where the blooms are used to dye everything from teas to rice and desserts. A gorgeous ornamental edible flower, the vines are smothered in dazzling indigo petals. Our favorite kid-friendly drink; when you add a drop of lemon to the deep blue tea, the color instantly turns a bright pink, like magic! Natural Pink Lemonade, anyone?

Thai Blue Butterfly Pea tea surrounded by blooms and foliage on white background.

 

Butterfly Pea Seeds, Thai Double Sky Blue:

Description: (Clitoria ternatea).  Butterfly pea is one of our favorite heat-loving flowering vines, and this serene, sky blue variety will complete your tranquil garden setting. This vigorous climber will produce a wall of powder blue double blooms. This rare shade is eye catching and it also makes a lovely cup of tea.

A close-up view of Thai Double Sky Blue Butterfly Pea blooms on a wood background.

 

Butterfly Pea Seeds, White Queen:

Description: This rare, double-petaled, snow-white butterfly pea vine is stunning! The blooms are extra fancy and ornamental, and as a bonus, they’re edible! The lovely flowers make a soothing tea said to calm the nerves. A wonderful big Thai selection!

White Butterfly Pea blooms on blue background with pods.