Pea, Butterfly (Clitoria ternatea) packet of 5 seeds, organic
$3.95
Family: Legume (Fabaceae)
Hardy to zones 9 to 12
Native to Africa and SE Asia. Royal blue flowers occur on a tender and comely vine that can grow up to 15 feet. Makes a nice potted plant. Does well in hanging baskets. Flowers very showy, deep blue, vulvular. Flowers used as a harmless food dye. Our collection came originally from the island of Pemba in East Africa, where this plant is native. As a fodder plant in warm zones, Clitoria is highly esteemed. The plant is quick and easy to establish and makes a perennial, nitrogen fixing root. Although it is not tolerant of cold, the plant is quite tolerant of drought, saline soil, and soda soil. The foliage is palatable, high in nutrients and regrows quickly after it is browsed. Plant prefers part shade and warm soils. Nick seed and soak in warm water overnight. Sow just sub-surface in a fast-draining mix and tamp. Keep evenly moist, warm and in the light. Germination in 1 to 3 weeks. Space 2 feet apart.
Potted Plant, Certified organically grown
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Richo Cech –
Hello Faizan,
Clitoria is lovely in a hanging basket. It is tasteless in tea. It will turn the tea blue. It is also harmless. Richo
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Richo Cech –
Hi teagan, thanks for wanting this. We too think its pretty special, are growing it, should have a harvest this fall if not sooner. Please hit “waitlist”. richo
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Pea, butterfly –
will this seed be available soon?
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Richo Cech –
hello erin, thanks for writing, yes, we have plants in early production. r
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Lorenzo Durham –
Can you ship to California? When will next batch be available approximately?
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Richo Cech –
hello lorenzo, thanks for your inquiry, we ship to california quite frequently and with good success. we’re currently working up another batch of these and will enable when sized up. please hit waitlist. r
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Rachel –
Could you grow this in zone 4b as an annual during the warm growing season?
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Richo Cech –
Yes, we’ve given them a big head start. r
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David Johnson –
Have you any idea when you will have Clitoria Ternatea seeds again? I tried JLHudson and they don;t seem to have them on their 2020 list. Plus, I bought some from you guys ~5 years ago and they were better quality than I’ve been able to find anywhere else (high germination rate and produced robust plants).
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Richo Cech –
Hi David,
Thanks for staying in touch. I don’t have any good idea when we’ll have these again. The mother plants have been happy enough but not really producing many flowers this year. I’ll keep trying, and please do stay in touch.
Richo
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Allison –
Do you have a date for when this will be back in stock? Thank you!
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Admin Richo Cech –
Not really, we tried growing this out in 2018 and only got a few seeds. You can get this from JL Hudson, Seedsman, a very reputable choice.
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Aparna Seshadri –
How effective is it in Nitrogen Fixation?. I have not had much success at all with it. I even used an innoculant ?. Could I be doing something wrong
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Admin Richo Cech –
Butterfly pea produces plenty of biomass. When worked back into the soil it improves soil tilth and increases nutrient availability. I haven’t seen a great deal of nodulation on the roots. You might like red clover, it is a good warm-weather cover and increases tilth palpably in the first year. richo
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deedee –
do you know when the clitoria ternatea seeds will be in stock? Do you have a waiting list?
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Admin Richo Cech –
We’re currently growing Clitoria ternatea for seed production. We won’t have any seeds available until October 2018. You are welcome to check back at that time, we’re going to enable this product when we have it. cheers. r
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Feletim –
Please,is centrosema a family of clitoria ternatea?
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Admin Richo Cech –
Hello, Centrodema and Clitoria are similar but not the same. They share a common name but the taxonomy is different, flower color is different, they are… different.
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