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About Double
Oval flower traditionally used in Asia to dye natural fibers and in Southeast Asia to color a sticky rice dish. Young pods and leaves are eaten as a vegetable. Can be grown in a container and moved indoors when temperatures fall below 60°F. It grows rapidly, should bloom in its first year, and may reach the 10–15’ it does in the tropics.
In Burmese and Thai cuisines, the flowers are also battered and fried. Another use for the blue flowers is to create a color-changing gin, blue in the bottle, pink when mixed with citrus or tonic water. As a legume, the plant fixes nitrogen and doesn’t need additional fertilizer.
About Blue Butterfly Vine
Vivid blue 2” flowers with a light yellow center bloom late summer. Larval host plant for long-tailed skipper and painted lady butterflies. Does well in moist soil. Known by many names, including Asian pigeonwings and blue pea. Twining. Non-hardy perennial.