My Butterfly Pea vine. Botanical name of this plant is Clitoria Ternatea. But it's also known by other names like Asian Pigeonwings, Bluebellvine, Blue Pea, Cordofan Pea, and Darwin Pea.
Ok, I looked that up !! It will grow in my climate zone, fixes nitrogen in the soil, you can make a tea from it and eat the peas when the pods are small. Plus, I love blue flowers !! Thanks for posting your blue pea @S-H
I got a Double-flowered blue pea on order yesterday. I found it on Etsy from a seller in Hawaii. Five seeds for $2. free shipping in the US.
What an amazing visual delight! Absolutely beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing - And in doing so brightening up this section of GardenStew member's gallery!
I have the double butterfly pea but mine was just planted from seed I got from Hawaii this spring. I have it climbing up a rambling rose bush. Mine's not very tall and nowhere as floriferous as yours.
Mine was pretty lanky too. But the unusually recent heavy Monsoon season downpour made mine turn the corner! So I guess they are somewhat sensitive to the amount and type of water they are getting. It's obviously a tropical plant, so prefers a hot and damp environment, as well as direct sunlight. Not too sensitive about soil conditions though. Rainwater, and plenty of it, is the best. Specially thunderstorm water - As lightning in the air creates trace amounts of nitric acid in rainwater. Which triggers all plants to start growing like crazy, (it's a natural and very powerful micronutrient). That was the good type of acid rain. The bad type is created by the amount of sulphur dioxide in the air, (as a result of burning fossil fuels). Which when combines with rainwater, unfortunately makes sulphuric acid - Which kills plants... City water in comparison, which has chlorine, and sometimes alum too, (plus fluoride in certain areas of North America) - Makes some plants go into an almost permanent state of dormancy... No different from a person who's eating and living a healthy lifestyle. In comparison to someone who is living on just fast food and soda. Of course, even when we have the best environment plus ideal conditions. Some plants still disappoint. While in other cases, even when the environment isn't up to the mark, many plants still thrive. In your case @Anniekay i think your plant is young. Soon it too will explode into a burst of flowers! From the color of the flowers I can see that you've done everything right. So I believe that it's only a matter of time. Mine was like yours too, until the extra heavy Monsoon season torrential downpour.
