The Story
A flowering bean with unique salmon-pink blossoms; esteemed as a vegetable or as an ornamental climber. Produces abundant crops of flavorful beans throughout the season. Excellent for freezing.
- 60-65 days
- Conventional
- Pole bean
- Salmon-pink blossoms
- Beans are black and speckled with purple edges
- Ornamental and edible
- Highly productive
As your runner beans are maturing, you can either prepare the young pods or shell them and toss the fresh seeds into salads with mint, feta, and hulled corn. You can also add the flowers to salads or use them as a garnish.
Instructions: Sow seeds outdoors after danger of frost has passed and soil and air temperatures have warmed. Runner beans prefer full sun, although they tolerate part shade very well. Young pods can be eaten whole, or the beans can be eaten fresh or dried. Even the flowers are edible.
- Direct Seed: 2" Apart
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Rows Apart: 24-36"
- Support: Trellis, tepee, or netting
Description
A flowering bean with unique salmon-pink blossoms; esteemed as a vegetable or as an ornamental climber. Produces abundant crops of flavorful beans throughout the season. Excellent for freezing.
- 60-65 days
- Conventional
- Pole bean
- Salmon-pink blossoms
- Beans are black and speckled with purple edges
- Ornamental and edible
- Highly productive
As your runner beans are maturing, you can either prepare the young pods or shell them and toss the fresh seeds into salads with mint, feta, and hulled corn. You can also add the flowers to salads or use them as a garnish.
Instructions: Sow seeds outdoors after danger of frost has passed and soil and air temperatures have warmed. Runner beans prefer full sun, although they tolerate part shade very well. Young pods can be eaten whole, or the beans can be eaten fresh or dried. Even the flowers are edible.
- Direct Seed: 2" Apart
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Rows Apart: 24-36"
- Support: Trellis, tepee, or netting
