Blue Butterfly Pea (Clitoria ternatea) This offer is for a packet of 10 seeds Plant Type: Tropical/Tender Perennial Vine Size: Twining vine up to 10 feet tall Zones: 9-11 or in a pot or as an annual in all zones Exposure: Full sun to part shade Culture: Well drained, moist soil. Fertilize and water regularly for best bloom Native to tropical Asia, this tender perennial vine generously produces it's large flowers of a beautiful shade of vivid cobalt blue with a white and gold throat. The flowers appear throughout warm weather. Super easy to grow, but frost sensitive, so in all but the warmest climates plant it in a pot so you can bring it inside during the Winter. It blooms the first year from seed so you could alternately grow it as an annual and save the easily collected seeds for the following Spring. Full sun, fertile, moist but well drained loamy soil. Provide support for the twining stems.