Look at this beautiful trellis of hyacinth beans.  It is in my friend's yard.  She bought the seeds at Monticello, the Charlottesville home of Thomas Jefferson.  Botanically they are Dolichos lablab, and she promised to save some seeds for me to grow in our mountains next spring.  Yay!!!

 

I found them in the Baker Creek Rare Seeds Catalog, and the description included the reference to Thomas Jefferson.  But they named the genus and species as Lablab purpureus.  Seems pretty close, but maybe they are different.  I think I'll go with the offspring from the Monticello ones.  Thanks, Elaine.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!