Re: [gardeners] gardeners Digest V1 #474
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 09:45:53 -0600
Shantihhh@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 3/10/99 5:05:31 AM, owner-gardeners-digest@globalgarden.com
> writes:
>
> <<purple hyacinth beans>>
>
> Dear George:
>
> Are these good to eat? I have heard of them, but never grown them, actually I
> haven't even seen the seeds. Are they like Scarlet Runners? I have grown
> them. Pretty flowers, too much foliage, and okay to eat, not much for the
> linear feet taken up in my opinion.
>
> Mary-Anne
Yup, hyacinth beans, like scarlet runners are edible. Both have a lot of vine and
take up a lot of space for what you harvest but both have pretty blossoms and the
hyacinth bean also has pretty foliage. I don't put them in the main garden but
plant along the fence or on temporary teepees elsewhere in the yard.
George