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Re: hyacinth beans

Unless you are in zone 9 - 10, Hyacinth bean is an annual.
Jean W.
-----Original Message-----
From: Windy <Saxmanbc@bellsouth.net>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 1998 12:58 PM
Subject: hyacinth beans


>A friend gave me some hyacinth beans to plant last spring. Now I have a 
>few huge plants sprawling up and over my wooden privacy fence.
> My question is: Do I cut these to the ground when they are through this
>fall? Do I let them stay on the fence where perhaps next year they just
>grow new greenery on the existing vines.
> I never had them before and am just wondering, now what!
> I love them, they seem to be a favorite of butterflies and the
>hummingbirds.
> Also, if anyone is interested. We have been experiencing a really hot
>and dry period. I took a long hose and attached it to the
>air-conditioner to lead out into a flower bed that is suffering. To my
>amazement the butterflies have been landing on this bare spot of damp
>ground and drinking there. Anyone might want to give the little
>butterflies a drink if you have a dry spell. Yesterday at dawn the
>ground was aflutter with the guys!
> Windy
>
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