CLIMBERS / CREEPERS PLANTS
COMMON NAME: Butterfly pea or Sangu poo plant
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Clitoria ternatea
FAMILY: Fabaceae
SOIL: Prefers to grow in rich sandy soil or any other with acidic pH of 6.6 to 7.5
ORIGIN: Asia
PLANT HEIGHT: 5 to 8 inches
PROPAGATION: Transfer the plants to new pots when the plants seem to grow bushy and overspread. Not feeding the plants with more amount of nitrogen may affect the flowering.One of the easy ways to propagate butterfly peas is through seeds.
REPOTTING: Transfer the plants to new pots when the plants seem to grow bushy and overspread. Not feeding the plants with more amount of nitrogen may affect the flowering.
PRUNING: Prune the plants for two months once. Trim the mature and overgrown plant parts. Butterfly pea plants give high yielding in the winter season.
- Butterfly pea white plants have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
- This plant improves memory and helps to prevent anxiety, depression, and other related diseases.
- Other benefits are good for the skin and stabilize the sugar level.
- One of the best and low-maintenance outdoor creeper plants.
- Butterfly pea white plants require 3-4 inches of the pot to grow.
- Use any type of soil with a well-drained structure preferably use slightly acidic to acidic soil.
- This plant requires watering three times a week; do not make the soil soggy.
- The sunlight requirement for this plant is direct bright sunlight of about 5-6 hours.
- In the growing season feed the plant with any organic fertilizer like goat manure or cow manure.