Some very beautiful seeds jumped into my suitcase in Hawai’i and followed me home. There were beans of a bright coral color that I picked up off the ground in the botanical garden. I planted them soon after I got home–December of 2019, and all three of them sprouted.

I believe these are Erythrina seedlings, but several of the species are called Coral Bean. Here’s how they look at the end of March 2020.

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My 2020 plans for these plants is to pot them on soon into a much larger pot, move them outside for the warm months, and move them back into the house for the winter.