Can someone identify this vine for me?

Carol cirillo
by Carol cirillo
Someone gave me this vine... and I am trying to find out what it is called... it is gorgeous and has beautiful purple flowers. The vine itself has a purplish or pinkish tint to the leaves. And it is growing these seed pods on it, the pods are purple. Trying to find its name and when, and how, to take the seed pods off of it. Thanks for any assist you can provide.
  11 answers
  • Tammy@Deja Vue Designs Tammy@Deja Vue Designs on Aug 23, 2013
    It's a purple hyacinth bean vine. You can save the seeds...or even eat the beans...however...I've never eaten them...so I can't say whether or not they taste good! But the vines sure are pretty!
  • Gardens By Design, LLC Gardens By Design, LLC on Aug 24, 2013
    Purple Hyacinth bean is an annual vine. Take the pods off the vine when they start to dry. Store them over winter in a dry, frost free environment. Once the pods are completely dry you can remove the seeds from the pod. Soak the seeds overnight in water or nick the outer covering just before planting in spring. This is a wonderful plant. The hummingbirds love it in my garden.
  • Tammy@Deja Vue Designs Tammy@Deja Vue Designs on Aug 24, 2013
    We don't even soak them....we just pock the seeds into the dirt...and water them up. They come up really easily. I even get volunteers where I misses the beans.
  • Susan Cryor Susan Cryor on Aug 25, 2013
    I liked it so much, I googled the plant, the unripen seed pods are poisonous
  • Judith O Judith O on Aug 25, 2013
    Hyacinth Bean www.glenviewgardeners.org
  • Tammy@Deja Vue Designs Tammy@Deja Vue Designs on Aug 25, 2013
    I'm glad gladiolus looked that up. .. I've been told they were edible. Thank you!!!
  • Dianne Staples Dianne Staples on Aug 25, 2013
    Bean vine. Can be envasive.
  • Trish Weinstein Trish Weinstein on Aug 25, 2013
    I grow these every year from the seeds of the previous year and the seeds themselves are so pretty I glued them to a stryofoam ball to make seed balls to display in a wooden bowl !
  • VickMarie VickMarie on Aug 26, 2013
    They are purple hyleacynths vine.....will reseed itself.....or just harvest seed pods and dry....they can overtake a neighborhood...but are so pretty....edible only when beans are tender like oriental pea pods.
  • Jinny Jinny on Sep 25, 2013
    I don't know what it's called, but my neighbor gave me some of the seed pods. I put them in an empty prescription bottle until the next spring. I took the pods out and put them in a coffee filter and folder the filter over them. I wet the coffee filter and left it on the counter, and in less than a week, I had sprouts. I planted the sprouts, and it did great. I know that hummingbirds love it.
  • Carol cirillo Carol cirillo on Sep 25, 2013
    hey jinny i found out what it is.... a purple hyacinth bean vine... it is gorgeous and when you plant several of them, they just take off and will continue to multiply so you may have to control them a bit... i have mine on the fence in the backyard...