Butterfly Pea

This is a single flower butterfly pea; beautiful, simplistic blue flowers are used in herbal medicine and Asian cuisine. The vines climb a trellis or arbor beautifully, and they produce tons of little flowers throughout the summer. It is very easy to harvest the flowers and dry to make an amazing deep blue tea that is said to be effective in calming the mind.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 14-21 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 78-100 F
  
• Seed Depth: 1/2"
  
• Plant Spacing: 3-6"
• Frost Hardy: No
  
• Clitoria ternatea
  

Growing Tips: Scarify and soak seed overnight before sowing. Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or sow outdoors after danger of frost. Perennial in zones 10-11 or as annual in cooler climates. Climbing vine needs support.

Edible blue flowered vining plant native to Southeast Asia. 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? Some plants may produce single blooms.

• 6-12 hours of Sun
• Sprouts in 14-21 Days
• Ideal Temperature: 78-100 F (change from Seed Pack)
  
• Seed Depth: 1/2"
  
• Plant Spacing: 3-6"
• Frost Hardy: No
  
• Clitoria ternatea
  

Growing Tips: Scarify and soak seed overnight before sowing. Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or sow outdoors after danger of frost. Perennial in zones 10-11 or as annual in cooler climates. Climbing vine needs support.