I read about this vine today, and it turns out to be one that I saw at the Denver Botanic Garden while traveling for work last week. I liked it. Didn’t know it was only an annual, but it might be worth a try on my backyard arbor. That is, if it can compete with the Swedish aspen roots in that area. It’s called Lab-lab vine or Hyacinth bean vine. Latin name is Dolichos lablab.
Another fast annual vine to consider is Scarlet Runner Bean. Or maybe I should even grow regular green beans on the arbor. Hadn’t thought about that before.
Eric! Nice to see you post here. Can you get me some seeds from your vine? That would be great.
I’ve been growing the Hyacinth bean vine for several years now. I absolutely love it!
I originally got a handful of seeds from my father-in-law. It’s very easy to grow and provides some nice background “green” during the summer. The flowers are pretty, followed by beautiful bean pods. In the fall, it’s very easy to harvest a handful of pods and dry the bean seeds in order to plant it again the next year…