This mound is two vines that came up from seeds left by last years vine. There is a small trellis type thing underneath that mass but most of what you see is vine. Two Hyacinth Bean Vines ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) The blooms.... HBV Blooms ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) The funky beans....which are NOT edible by the way.... HBV Beans are NOT edible ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
Toni, I'm with you--hyacinth bean vines are magnificent! Of course, mine aren't as big and lush as yours, but we enjoy them anyway! I have to plant mine--no volunteers here.
Those bean vine plants turned out to be gorgeous! It looks like it's in just the right setting too. Those are such nice pictures.
Hi ya'll just last week we had a local nursery owner give a speach at the garden club meeting, she said these were good to eat as you would a sugar snap pea with pod.So it struck me as something I needed to find out. I found this below in wikipedia. only dry beans are poisonous. The Hyacinth Bean (Lablab purpureus, syn. Dolichos lablab L., Dolichos purpureus L., Lablab niger Medikus, Lablab lablab (L.) Lyons, Vigna aristata Piper, and Lablab vulgaris, L.) Savi. [1]), also called Indian Bean, Egyptian Bean, Bulay (Tagalog), Bataw (Bisaya), or Ä‘áºu ván (Vietnamese), is a species of bean in the family Fabaceae that is widespread as a food crop throughout the tropics, especially in Africa, India and Indonesia. It is called 'Avarai' in Tamil. In western Maharashtra, especially Konkan region, these beans are grown and called as Vaal (वाल). A traditional food plant in Africa, this little-known vegetable has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[2] [edit] Growth Seeds of the purple hyacinth beanThe hyacinth bean grows as a vine, producing purple flowers and striking electric-purple coloured seed pods. Lablab bean is a good choice for a quick screen on a trellis or fence. It grows fast, has beautiful, fragrant flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds, and it even produces edible leaves, flowers, pods, seeds and roots. Dry seeds are poisonous due to high concentrations of cyanogenic glucosides, and can only be eaten after prolonged boiling.[3]
