🌸 Blue Butterfly Pea
Clitoria ternatea
A stunning and versatile tropical climber, Blue Butterfly Pea is grown for its vibrant blue (and occasional white) flowers, which are as useful as they are beautiful.
💙 Why You’ll Love It
- Produces striking electric blue flowers
- Flowers change colour from blue to purple/pink with lemon juice
- Perfect for tea, desserts, cocktails & natural food colouring
- Fast-growing climbing vine to approx. 2m
- Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators
- Fixes nitrogen — great as a soil-improving companion plant
🍵 Culinary & Garden Uses
The flowers can be used:
- Fresh in herbal tea (a beautiful deep blue brew)
- Dried or powdered for natural colouring
- In rice, desserts, syrups, and cocktails
A fun bonus — the colour reacts to pH, turning from blue to pink or purple when citrus is added.
Leaves can also be used as stock feed, making this a multifunctional plant for productive gardens.
🌿 Growing Info
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Type: Perennial tropical climber (grown as an annual in cooler climates)
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Height: Up to 2m
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Position: Full sun to part shade
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Soil: Moist, well-drained
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Sowing: Direct sow or raise seedlings
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Depth: 20mm
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Spacing: 50cm plants / 100cm rows
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Season: Spring to summer
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Germination: 7–14 days (20–30°C)
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Time to harvest: ~90 days
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Frost: Frost tender
🌱 Perfect For
- Trellises, fences, and vertical growing spaces
- Companion planting in fruit and dragon fruit systems
- Adding colour and diversity to your garden
- Gardeners wanting edible, beautiful, and functional plants
🌼 A Note From Our Farm
We love growing Blue Butterfly Pea around our systems as a living mulch and climber, helping improve soil while attracting pollinators. It’s one of those plants that gives back in more ways than one 🌿
Shipping
All items are posted on a Monday Express post, with Australia Post. If Monday is a public holiday they will be sent the Tuesday or the following Monday depending on the destination. We aim to deliver healthy and happy plants :)
- Please note NO SHIPPING TO SA, WA, NT, TAS