Grow purple hyacinth bean vine to add beautiful flowers and vertical interest to your garden.
Native to Africa, thesevigorous flowering vines will climbjust about any available support they can twine around.
Where to Plant Hyacinth Bean Vine
Purple hyacinth bean vines can get very big.
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While they can handle some shade, theyll produce far less in shady conditions.
However, excessive heat and low humidity can stymie growth.
In locations with higher humidity, provide good air circulation around vines to limit diseases.
Pruning
Aside from some light trimming of your thriving vines, very little pruning is necessary.
Flowers should be left on the vine for their ornamental (albeit mostly inedible) purple pods.
Organic fungicides such as copper andneem oilcan help control cases of severe infection.
Types of Purple Hyacinth Bean
There are a few varieties of hyacinth bean vines to choose from.
The young leaves and shoots, however, are edible and eaten throughout southeast Asia.
The first is excess nitrogen that’s producing an abundance of growth but not stimulating flowering.
Secondlyand more likelyis that your plants are in too much shade for them to gather enough energy to bloom.
Relocate the plants if possible, or plant in a sunnier location the next season.
