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04 Apr 10, Debra (Australia - temperate climate)

I managed to get a packet of seeds from Yilgarn Traders in Geraldton WA a few years ago, the plants grew but not successfully. Supposedly able to grow here, but maybe getting only 60% annual rainfall for a few years and hotter than normal temperatures made the difference. Moving to Donnybrook WA in next few years, hopefully the pea will take to cooler climate.

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17 Apr 10, Maria (Australia - temperate climate)

I have been searching where to buy asparagus peas seeds, any idea where to get them I live in Adelaide

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10 Sep 15, Rosi (Australia - temperate climate)

I bought mine at Bunnings

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25 Feb 11, Lesley (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

These seeds are available through Green Harvest Organic Gardening. If you look them up on the net, you will find them. They are an Australian company. Kind Regards, Lesley.

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05 Sep 11, Hugh (Australia - temperate climate)

It is a winter crop in its native environment. In dry Mediterranean climates it should be planted in autumn for a spring harvest. Grew well like this for me.

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14 Jan 12, Roz (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Asparagus Peas can be purchased on Ebay

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29 Feb 12, ivy mcbee (Australia - tropical climate)

It's grow vigorous in Indonesia we called it "kacang kecipir" and Malaysia..

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02 Aug 12, Kate (Australia - arid climate)

The page refers to 'lotus tetragonolobus' as being asparagus pea, but other web sites have indicated it is 'psophocarpus tetragonolobus' which is asparagus pea. Are they the same? If not are they interchangeable? Do they grow in the same conditions? Wikipedia indicates that only the pod of the lotus version is edible and pretty much all of the psophocarpus version is edible. Can you confirmed?

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05 Aug 12, Chris (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

There is confusion between the two. The 'Lotus' variety (aka purpurea) grows in cooler climates and just the pods are edible. Seedsavers suggest it originated in Africa. The 'Psophocarpus' variety is a tropical plant and most of it is edible. Wikipedia suggests it originated in New Guinea.

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13 Aug 12, Diane (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

The Asparagus pea is a totally edible plant: leaves, flowers, bean pods as well as the roots. I knew them from the Highlands of PNG as a child. I remember well chatting to a Native gardener as he tended his garden. He told me if you want the bean pods, leave the flowers and the beans will grow. If you want the roots to develop, pick the flowers and eat them, but you get no beans. I loved the roots when cooked by the natives. Im not 100% sure but I think it was in the ground oven. His wing bean plants were tall and supported by sapling poles formed into a teepee shape. The flowers were pale and pretty in the pink-mauve-blue type shade, not red. The Highland's temperature was an even 20C to 22C almost year round with wet and dry seasons. Im keen to grow them in NZ as soon as I get them from King Seeds. I'd really like to get the seed from the PNG plants though...

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