Butterfly Pea Flower Seeds Australia
Legume long lived perennial vine summer vigorous once established individual plants regrow after grazing cutting frost.
Butterfly pea flower seeds australia. Seeds for sale x 5 4 add 4 pack post australia wide clitoria ternatea commonly known as asian pigeonwings 1 bluebellvine blue pea butterfly pea cordofan pea and darwin pea 2 is a plant species belonging to the family fabaceae. Butterfly pea not to tas wa fast growing climbing plant producing attractive pinkish blue flowers in mid to late summer. Butterfly seed crops are high yielding. Butterfly pea vine seeds.
Clitoria ternatea vine flower. In india it is revered as a holy flower used in daily puja rituals. Plant out on a fence or trellis when large enough. Clitoria ternatea commonly known as asian pigeonwings bluebellvine blue pea butterfly pea cordofan pea and darwin pea is a plant species belonging to the family fabaceae.
Rich royal blue clitoria ternatea bunga telang edible tea and decorative butterfly garden host plant. Germination may be increased by soaking the seeds overnight in water. That produces 50 cm blue flowers in mid to late summer. This is a fast growing climbing plant and it is a member of the pea family as the name suggests.
Clitoria ternatea butterfly pea. 100 single layer blue butterfly pea seeds. Clitoria ternatea seeds can be sown in spring summer autumn or inside all year round 3 times their diameter under the surface of a quality seed raising mix or plant directly into the garden. In most areas it is grown as an annual plant the seeds in spring and they will flower in summer.
Seed yields usually range from 200 to 500kg ha but can be up to 900kg ha. The aim is to harvest when 90 of the seed is hard and black. In the garden it is the wonderful blue flowers that are the attraction. Desiccation prior to harvesting can be beneficial.
Clitoria ternatea is a vigorous twining vine that blooms in just 6 weeks from seed. The flowers of this vine were imagined to have the shape of human female genitals hence the latin name of the genus clitoria from clitoris. Spring autumn indoors in winter use a garden fork to loosen the soil and dig through well composted mulch. Like most of the pea family it is a plant that fixes nitrogen to the soil.
Although seed can be sown most of the year in australia seed is generally best sown in spring or autumn avoid the coldest and. Single layer blue butterfly pea flower seeds native oganic clitoria ternatea vine. May be grown on a trellis in the garden as an attractive way to encourage butterflies into the garden as they are. Butterfly pea seed for sale qld nsw vic sa nt only butterfly pea clitoria ternatea research butterfly pea as a living fallow for winter crops form and function.