FREE: Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine 20+ seed

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A beautiful twining legume, the deep red stems and glossy foliage cascades of lilac-rose blossoms.

Ruby-purple bean pods, 3 inches long. Plant 1” deep. Space 6-8” apart. Germinates in 7 -10 days. Grows to 10 feet tall. The blooms all summer, the beans mature in 80 days in full sun.

Grown at Monticello today, Thomas Jefferson popularized the Hyacinth Bean in the United States when he began growing it in his garden in 1804.

Because Hyacinth Bean is a legume, the plant is a nitrogen-fixer, invaluable in the garden. Chop it up and till it back into the soil at season's end to improve next year's garden.

This is an ornamental flowering bean that needs a strong trellis or fence. Makes a great privacy screen.