Tourne-Sol Bean Hyacinth Bean Pkg.

How Many Seeds: 25

Scientific Name: Lablab purpureus

Common Name: Hyacinth Bean

Exposure: Full sun for best growth, flowering, and pod production

Height: Vines can reach 300–600 cm when grown on a trellis or support

Width: Approximately 60–90 cm at the base, with extensive vining spread

Spacing: Space plants 30–45 cm apart along fences, trellises, or other sturdy supports

Attracts: Bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators

Use: Ornamental screening, trellises, pergolas, edible young pods when properly cooked, edible beans when fully mature and cooked, and soil improvement through nitrogen fixation

Plant Habit: Vigorous, fast-growing, twining climbing vine with purple stems, flowers, and decorative seed pods

Harvest: Harvest young pods while tender, for cooking, or allow pods to fully mature for dried beans; flowering and pod set usually begin 60–90 days from sowing

Companion Plants: Corn, cucumbers, squash, sunflowers, and other warm-season vining crops

General Information: Tourne-Sol Hyacinth Bean is a heat-loving, open-pollinated variety valued for both its ornamental appeal and practical garden uses. It produces abundant purple flowers followed by showy pods and thrives in full sun with well-drained soil. Like all hyacinth beans, the pods and beans must be thoroughly cooked before eating. This variety is commonly used as a living privacy screen, pollinator plant, and nitrogen-fixing cover crop in home and market gardens.