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Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus

  • Feeds pollinators
  • Edible
Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus)

Photo: Algirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

scarlet

What actually matters with this one

Pick every other day. One pod left to swell and set seed tells the whole plant to stop cropping.

How to grow it

Light
full sun
Water
Never let it dry out
Hardiness
Annual
Height
2.5 m
Flowers
July to September
Difficulty
easy

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.