Here goes part 2.
Flowers of the black bean which did so poorly for a long time, but now they are picking up, 3 small harvests down the road, new flowers are appearing.
Sesbania grandiflora or dok kae in Thai. Edible flowers, lovely fast growing shade tree. Pollination mainly done by birds, so a nice addition to the food forest and natural pest control through the bird population. It grew from 15 cm to 1meter tall in under 4 months.
Dok anchan or butterfly pea, Clitoria ternatea. The most stunning blue I've ever seen on a flower. And the lemonade from the flowers tastes delicious too!!!
Solanum torvum, pea eggplant or Turkey berry, in Thai makua puong. Easy to grow, easy to harvest. I spared myself the pain of thorns under the leaves and just below the fruits by acquiring a thornless variety. Flowering now and growing well, fruit coming soon I'm sure.
Vinga unquiculata subsp. sesquipedalis... a long name for a long bean, yardlong beans. Lovely example of how they grow with 2 beans almost ready for harvest and a new flower poking out at the top. Don't let these guys grow too high or you might find yourself hanging from a tree to harvest a pair of beans. Grew fast, faster, fastest but took a looong time to start flowering. But once they've started... my goodness, it doesn't end, we eat them every day now.
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