Q: We have two beautiful hyacinth bean plants in our yard and would like to know how to get more next year. Can the seeds be saved and replanted for next spring? If so, how do you go about it? A: ...

Q: The last two years I've had trouble with purple hyacinth beans. They grow but are green like a pole bean -- not purple. I've tried two different sources with the same result. In the past, I've ...

I am convinced that the hyacinth bean, Lablab purpureus, is a plant meant for kids. This annual bean has seeds that look like Oreo cookies, and what kid doesn't like Oreos? These seeds are black with ...

Hyacinth bean, commonly known as sheem in Bangladesh, is a very common item in Bengali cuisine. It is a regular choice of vegetable in Bengali meals. Starting from begun sheem er chochchori to posto ...

A. While in this country we primarily grow the purple hyacinth bean for its ornamental value, I've read that the beans are eaten in Asia. When the bean seeds have plumped to full size, the pods are ...

Deeply entwined with the bliss of eating avarekai, the star of Bengaluru’s festival dedicated to the hyacinth bean, is sogadu – the signature aroma of the bean. Ask any avarekai lover and they will ...

How could you not love a bean called lablab? Originating in Africa but cultivated in India since Neolithic times, the hyacinth bean (Dolichos lablab) has fed humans and livestock for millenniums. It’s ...

In the early fall of 1993, I visited Monticello one sunny afternoon to take photographs for a future lecture at UNCA’s College for Seniors. And whatever other memories I have of that trip, few are ...

At the corner of a busy junction in 7th Block Jayanagar, south Bengaluru, a sharp distinct aroma, neither sweet nor pungent, envelopes the air, signalling the advent of Karnataka's winter darling: the ...