butterfly pea flower seed Butterfly Pea Seeds

butterfly pea flower seed Butterfly Pea SeedsGrow your own dye garden! *Please note SEEDS are only available to ship within Canada. All other products ship worldwide. Butterfly Pea Clitoria ternetea Our only dye plant that is not meant for use on textiles butterfly pea is grown for use as a food dye. All parts of the plant are edible, and the flowers are used to colour drinks such as tea or foods such as rice a soft blue purple colour. The addition of an acid such as lemon shifts the colour to

Grow your own dye garden!

*Please note SEEDS are only available to ship within Canada.  All other products ship worldwide.

Butterfly Pea - Clitoria ternetea

Our only dye plant that is not meant for use on textiles - butterfly pea is grown for use as a food dye.  All parts of the plant are edible, and the flowers are used to colour drinks such as tea or foods such as rice a soft blue purple colour.  The addition of an acid such as lemon shifts the colour to pink.  A fun way to take your natural dyeing to the kitchen.

Begin indoors 4 weeks before last frost, or direct seed after frost danger has passed.  Take care not to disturb roots when transplanting.  Plant in a sunny location and keep evenly moist but not soggy.  

Annual

Zones 9-11 as a perennial, or 2-8 as an annual

When to sow: spring

Ease of germination: easy

Family: Leguminosae

Colourfastness: None on textiles

This listing is for a packet of seeds containing around 10 seeds.

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