Blue Butterfly Pea Filled Flower (Clitoria ternatea)
36 SEK
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SEEDS (10 pcs/bag)
Common names: Butterfly Pea, Sail Pea, Klitoria, Butterfly Pea
Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea
Family: Fabaceae
Plant history & use:
Blue Butterfly Pea with double flowers.
A large climbing plant whose flowers have an intense blue color that easily releases when hot water is added.
Used to color food, sweets, and drinks.
In Asia, tea is made directly from the flowers. Sometimes it is mixed with lemongrass, honey, and lime.
Butterfly Pea is also used in traditional medicine as a relaxant and memory enhancer.
The normally blue-colored drink turns purple if something sour, such as lemon, is added. This is due to pH changes in the composition. In the same way, Butterfly Pea flowers are sometimes used to make blue gin that turns purple when tonic is added.
As a comparison, one can think that tea made from Butterfly Pea is used in Asia in the same way we use chamomile tea in Sweden.
Like the Goa bean, Butterfly Pea is regenerative for the soil as it fixes nitrogen from air pockets in the soil and also works well as a ground cover crop. However, Butterfly Pea is generally not hardy in Sweden, unlike the Goa bean.
Cultivation:
Butterfly Pea is a sun-loving, fast-growing plant that quickly establishes itself if it has something to climb on.
Growing in pots is recommended if you want it to be perennial in Sweden. Overwinter frost-free.
Can grow in both moist and dry soils. Thrives surprisingly well in heavy clay soils. For pot cultivation, a humus-rich soil with good drainage should be used.
Pinch branches for a bushier growth habit.
Sowing:
Start indoors early in the year, or sow outdoors in April-May.
Soak the seeds for 1 day in advance. Sow in moist soil and preferably cover with plastic with small air holes to maintain good moisture.
Seeds from Butterfly Pea often germinate irregularly; one seed can sometimes sprout a whole month earlier than another seed in the same sowing. If you want more control over the whole process, Butterfly Pea seeds are easy to germinate on a piece of moist paper. Place the paper in, for example, a food container with the lid slightly ajar – keep moist. Now you can easily see when each seed starts to sprout and gradually pick out seed by seed and sow in a small pot with soil.
Characteristics:
Longevity: Perennial
Light: sun
Height: 150-300 cm
Germination time: 10-20 days
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Blue Butterfly Pea Filled Flower (Clitoria ternatea)
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36 SEK
Unit price per
SEEDS (10 pcs/bag)
Common names: Butterfly Pea, Sail Pea, Klitoria, Butterfly Pea
Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea
Family: Fabaceae
Plant history & use:
Blue Butterfly Pea with double flowers.
A large climbing plant whose flowers have an intense blue color that easily releases when hot water is added.
Used to color food, sweets, and drinks.
In Asia, tea is made directly from the flowers. Sometimes it is mixed with lemongrass, honey, and lime.
Butterfly Pea is also used in traditional medicine as a relaxant and memory enhancer.
The normally blue-colored drink turns purple if something sour, such as lemon, is added. This is due to pH changes in the composition. In the same way, Butterfly Pea flowers are sometimes used to make blue gin that turns purple when tonic is added.
As a comparison, one can think that tea made from Butterfly Pea is used in Asia in the same way we use chamomile tea in Sweden.
Like the Goa bean, Butterfly Pea is regenerative for the soil as it fixes nitrogen from air pockets in the soil and also works well as a ground cover crop. However, Butterfly Pea is generally not hardy in Sweden, unlike the Goa bean.
Cultivation:
Butterfly Pea is a sun-loving, fast-growing plant that quickly establishes itself if it has something to climb on.
Growing in pots is recommended if you want it to be perennial in Sweden. Overwinter frost-free.
Can grow in both moist and dry soils. Thrives surprisingly well in heavy clay soils. For pot cultivation, a humus-rich soil with good drainage should be used.
Pinch branches for a bushier growth habit.
Sowing:
Start indoors early in the year, or sow outdoors in April-May.
Soak the seeds for 1 day in advance. Sow in moist soil and preferably cover with plastic with small air holes to maintain good moisture.
Seeds from Butterfly Pea often germinate irregularly; one seed can sometimes sprout a whole month earlier than another seed in the same sowing. If you want more control over the whole process, Butterfly Pea seeds are easy to germinate on a piece of moist paper. Place the paper in, for example, a food container with the lid slightly ajar – keep moist. Now you can easily see when each seed starts to sprout and gradually pick out seed by seed and sow in a small pot with soil.
Characteristics:
Longevity: Perennial
Light: sun
Height: 150-300 cm
Germination time: 10-20 days
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