A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Purple Hyacinth Beans

It is a perennial...but will not tolerate freezing weather, so for most of us...We can consider it an annual I suppose.

i treat it as an annual.

Thank you!

Great pics Loz! That is just such a pretty plant!

about twice the width of the seed deep

[QUOTE]Originally posted by loz:
[QB] Here's a few old pictures of mine from a few years ago! They really take over the chain link fence...it's about 5 1/2 ft high.


Loz... Thanks so much for posting the Pic(s) It gives me something to look forward too! Wow!!

Thanks Triss, and Angelblossom--they'll look great in no time for you.....I didn't even need to tie them onto the fence...they just worked their own way up it....It was a mess cleaning it off in the fall though.... :p

Check out my arbor in the Gardener\'s Chat ...and tell me how many PHB vines I will need to fill it out.

Comfrey,
Oh man, I am sooooooo jealous....
(Where is the green jealous gremalin??? )

That is very nice...
Do you think hubby would come and make me one too!~

Okay, at least tell me how he did it...

(I'll post this over there too, and you can tell me over there???)

What about the Hyacinth as well as other vines?

my beans are growing in full force now. as of today, i count nine breaking the surface. i'm a little concerned for the first one though, as it's still covered in a layer of dirt that isn't coming off even when i spray it with a water bottle. i'm worried that this might inhibit its growth somehow. mind you, i don't have any foundation for this worry, except that it doesn't seem to be happening to my other beans.
here is a picture of one of my normal beans, typical of the lot:


here is a picture of the one i'm concerned about:


is that okay? should i brush it off with my fingers? i don't want to screw around with it too much for fear of killing it. those of you in the know, please let me in. thanks!
endofthewor1d.

I'd leave it alone. If it starts pushing second leaves out that get caught in it then worry about it.

I agree I wouldn't worry yet, but I would mist it daily to help loosening the dirt on it.

That's great Comfrey!!! I love it! I'd plant 3-4 on each side....they spread out pretty wide.

I have one comming up with the seed casing still on it too. I hope it survives.

I have had that happen before Tammy and just try and gently remove it.

Ok Triss I got it off. And then I decided to do the plop method of transplanting lol. I took it's egg carton and all and plopped it into a larger decorator pot. This is where I hope it will stay through out the summer. I intend to try and keep it indoors. And make it frame my east facing kitchen window. I have venetion blinds and I just don't care for them. So I'm hoping the vine will cover them up for the most part.

Will the roots grow through the egg carton crate?

Hmmm, that's a good question Triss....they're pretty big roots...I'd try to cut the bottom out of the egg carton Tammy.

I hope it works for you Tammy..growing it indoors. I've got to dig up the ground on the sides of the arbor and I'm going to start my other PHB outside in the ground, I hope it works out alright.

Here is a photo of mine as of today:


Maybe I got the hang of picture posting too!!
Owlette

i just bought some - there's a hardware store by my work and they always have some nursery come in each year that sets up outside the store...

these were mentioned in other posts and when i saw them, i grabbed them.

i planted them the other day...and we got a ton of rain since...they're still there - been eaten up a bit tho.

i DO see new growth do these need any fertilizer? if so, how often.

what colors do they come in and how do you harvest the seeds? and how long will the seeds be good for??

Very pretty picture, owlette!

joclyn ~ I've never fertilized mine, and they do very well.
You harvest the seeds after the purple pods turn brown and dry - it you take the seeds before they will not be ready. My seeds seem to be good for at least a couple of years now.

They come in white also, but I've never seen seeds for them for sale around here.

my goodness! i missed your pic, owlette!! it wasn't fully loaded and i needed to get out to the store...

wow! they look really beautiful!

i bought the plants not too sure of what the vine would look like (i'm a sucker for anything that's purple...)

i'm going to be a VERY happy gardener in a little bit!!

i have both white n purple ... tho da purple one has stopped flowering at da moment ...actually they r always flowering but i hadn't taken good care of them n there had been a bad hot n dry spell recently...u know how it is...sometimes we tend to take things for granted..but i have lots of seeds of da white ones..anyone interested?