HORTICULTURE
Bonnie Hansen spoke at our past Garden Club meeting about Butterfly Pea Vine, an Indonesian plant that has bright cobalt blue flowers and does well as an annual in Central Florida. It is a small vine that does not get woody. It has medicinal properties and the flowers can be brewed into a blue tea or lemonade. When you add the lemon it changes color. The tea has anti-anxiety properties and can function as a sleep aid. It is not very flavorful by itself. It can get spider mites, which can be sprayed off with a hose. It can grow in a pot or on a fence in full sun.
Butterfly Pea Wine