Description
Fast-growing climber producing a wonderful 5cm blue flowers from mid to late summer. Ideal for covering trellis in a sheltered part of the garden where it will attract bees and butterflies, or as a perennial grown in a conservatory. Climbs 1.8m-2.4m (6-8 feet). Culinary note: In Burma, the flowers of the blue variety are dipped in batter and fried, they also make good garnishes for salads. A syrupy sherbet drink can also be made from the blue flowers and a tea or tisane which is a rich blue colour. The flower is used as a natural food colouring. In traditional Ayurvedic medicine, it is ascribed various qualities including memory enhancing, nootropic, antistress, anxiolytic, antidepressant, anticonvulsant, tranquilizing, and sedative properties.
Seeds per packet: 20
| Propagation: | Seeds |
| Pre-Treatment: | Nick seed and pour hot water over the seeds, soak 24-48 h |
| Sowing Time: | All year round |
| Sowing Deep: | 0,5-1 cm |
| Sowing Mix: | Coir or sowing mix add sand or perlite |
| Germination Temperature: | ca. 22-25°C |
| Location: | Keep constantly moist, not wet |
| Germination Time: | ca. 2-6 weeks |
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