Butterfly Pea

Bring vivid tropical colour to your garden with the Butterfly Pea, a fast-growing ornamental climber admired for its striking deep-blue flowers and fresh green foliage. Its trailing stems can be trained over trellises, fences, arches, and balcony supports to create a beautiful flowering display.

Butterfly Pea thrives in warm conditions and is well suited to Saudi Arabia’s climate. It grows best in full sun to partial shade, with regular watering and well-drained soil. Providing a climbing support encourages healthy, attractive growth.

Plant Details:

• Common name: Butterfly Pea / Blue Pea
• Arabic name: شاي الأزرق / بازلاء الفراشة
• Arabic pronunciation: Shay Al-Azraq
• Scientific name: Clitoria ternatea
• Family: Fabaceae
• Plant type: Evergreen or semi-evergreen flowering climber
• Flowers: Deep blue, pea-shaped flowers
• Light: Full sun to partial shade
• Watering: Moderate
• Soil: Fertile, well-drained soil
• Climate: Warm, tropical, and subtropical
• Growth rate: Fast
• Suitable for: Trellises, fences, arches, balconies, containers, and gardens
• Maintenance: Low to moderate

Care Tips:

• Provide a trellis or another structure for the stems to climb.
• Place in a sunny location for vigorous growth and abundant flowering.
• Provide light afternoon shade during extreme summer heat.
• Water regularly, allowing the upper soil to dry slightly between watering.
• Avoid waterlogged soil.
• Pinch or prune the growing tips to encourage fuller growth.
• Apply a balanced fertilizer during the active growing season.
• Remove dry or weak stems when necessary.
• Protect the plant from frost and prolonged cold weather.

Note: Although Butterfly Pea flowers are commonly used in beverages, do not consume any part of a nursery plant unless it has been confirmed as food-grade and grown without unsuitable pesticides. The supplied plant may vary slightly in height, shape, fullness, and flowering according to the season and natural growth. The pot shown is a nursery container and may differ from the delivered container.