Bean (Climbing) LabLab Hyacinth

£6.99

Bean (Climbing) LabLab Hyacinth Information

  • Beautiful and unusual LabLab bean is a climber that produces lush heart shaped leaves and masses of purple flowers, with glossy wine coloured seed pods too.

    Your plants will arrive in multi-sown plugs, and be approximately 15 - 25 cm tall

  • Number of vegetable plant plugs in the box: 10
  • Latin name for Bean (Climbing) LabLab Hyacinth: Lablab purpureus
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BEANS MUST BE COOKED TO BE EATEN!

Are you ready to add a touch of exotic elegance to your garden while embracing the rich, nutty flavours of Climbing Bean Lablab Hyacinth? Look no further than our Lablab Hyacinth Plug Plants. These remarkable plants not only adorn your garden with their stunning beauty but also provide you with a source of inspiration for creative and delicious dishes.

This gorgeous plants grows to 2m in height and is grown as an annual. The bean pods are flat and slightly curved. As a food crop, lablab is an extremely versatile plant as the leaves, roots, flowers, pods and beans are all edible. The raw beans contain a toxin, so they must be boiled before eating!

The leaves are extremely high in protein and iron, so as well as a fantastic substitute for spinach, they are also often used as fodder for animals.

Here’s why these plug plants are a must-have for gardeners and food enthusiasts:

Garden Growth Guide:

Cultivating Climbing Bean Lablab Hyacinth is a rewarding journey with our plug plants. Here’s how:

  1. Vertical Grandeur: Plant them in a sunny area with well-drained soil and provide sturdy support, like trellises or stakes, for the climbing vines to ascend.
  2. Adequate Spacing: Allow enough space between plants and rows to encourage healthy growth and ensure proper air circulation.
  3. Regular Care: Keep the soil consistently moist, as these beans thrive with ample moisture. Regularly check for any pests and address them promptly to ensure a bountiful harvest.

Harvesting Excellence:

As your Lablab Hyacinth plants mature, they will produce long and slender pods, loaded with nutty-flavoured beans. Harvest the pods when they are young and tender, typically around 4-6 inches in length.

Culinary Creativity:

Climbing Bean Lablab Hyacinth’s unique flavour and versatility make it a perfect choice for a variety of dishes. Here are a couple of culinary ideas:

  1. Lablab Hyacinth Bean Salad: Blanch the beans until they’re tender-crisp and toss them with cherry tomatoes, red onion, fresh herbs, and a zesty vinaigrette. This salad provides a refreshing and crunchy side dish or appetizer.
  2. Lablab Hyacinth Bean Curry: Add Lablab Hyacinth beans to a rich curry, combining them with coconut milk, spices, and your choice of protein. Simmer until the beans are infused with the delectable flavours of the curry sauce.
  3. Grilled Lablab Hyacinth Beans: Prepare a delectable side dish by grilling Lablab Hyacinth beans until they’re lightly charred and smoky. Drizzle with olive oil and season with your favourite herbs and spices for a flavourful addition to your barbecue spread.

Climbing Bean Lablab Hyacinth Plug Plants offer a stunning addition to your garden and a versatile ingredient for your culinary masterpieces, making them a perfect choice for gardeners and food enthusiasts who seek both beauty and flavour. Order now to enhance your garden with these extraordinary plants and explore the exciting flavours they bring to your dishes.

Beans planting schedule

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Planning your site

Beans like well-drained, fertile soil and a sheltered sunny spot in the garden where they won’t be blown about too much. LabLab be grown as a tender annual outdoors, but needs a long summer to crop well. Alternatively grow under heated glass in loam-based potting compost in full light, and feed every 2 weeks. Most beans (apart from Broad Beans) need something to climb up (especially Runner and Borlotti beans)- a hazel or bamboo wigwam is a great traditional structure which looks beautiful even while the beans are small. You’ll need to make sure these are really well staked in and strong enough to support your plants – beans get big and heavy! The spacing between plants depends on the variety but generally beans are grown quite close together usually in rows or around supports.

Growing tips

Hailing from hot, dry climates, the lablab bean can cope with drought conditions which makes it a useful crop in the increasingly warmer UK summers.
Currently, it is a short-day plant, meaning it does not flower until the days become shorter than the nights, occurring around September in the UK, but breeding is under way to create a cultivar which crops earlier in the season.
The more you harvest, the more will grow! Try to wait till your pods have reached a decent size – we know it’s hard but they will become sweeter as the starches mature! Make sure you keep beans well and regularly watered and don’t let them dry out.

What to watch out for

Relative pest free! Hurray!

What to do when your plants arrive

  1. Unpack them. Your seedlings will arrive carefully packed in bio-degradable straw, cardboard and paper. They may look a little bit bedraggled from their journey. Don’t panic – this is totally normal and they should soon perk up. Please try and unpack your plants as soon as they arrive, as every extra hour they spend in the box will add to the stress of travelling to their new home.
  2. Give them a drink. Having spent a day or two in the post, your new plants will be thirsty! Stand them up in some fresh water for a few minutes to make sure their roots have been thoroughly soaked before planting.
  3. Plant them out into their forever home! Your plants can’t wait to get their roots into the soil. Plant them out according to the instructions that will have come in the box with them. Make sure you water them in well, and give them plenty to drink until their roots have had a chance to get settled.

Substitutions

As you well know, plants are unpredictable creatures and so is the British weather. As such, we reserve the right to substitute items in your order for an equivalent variety. To find out more about substitutions, please take a look at our terms and conditions.

Delivery

We charge a flat shipping fee of £6.99 per shipping season. If you order everything from one season ie Spring you will be charged once, if you order Spring and Summer you will be charged twice etc. We do not ship outside of the UK.

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