Fabaceae
Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
Lablab purpureus subsp. purpureus
Also known as Dolichos lablab var. crenatifructus, Lablab perennans, Lablab ferrugineus, Dolichos lablab var. albiflorus
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Hyacinth Bean · Vine · Tropical · Ornamental · Purple Flowers · Trellis · Fast-Growing · Lablab · Cottage Garden · Pollinators
Hyacinth bean is a vigorous, fast-growing tropical vine celebrated for its striking purple flowers and ornamental deep-purple seed pods. It thrives in warm sunny conditions with regular watering and will quickly cover trellises, fences, and arbors in a single season. Provide a sturdy support structure and well-drained fertile soil for the most abundant flowering and foliage display.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water generously during active growth, keeping soil moist but allowing slight drying between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–7.8
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Andaman Is., Angola, Ascension, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Borneo, Botswana, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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