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Runner Bean (perennial)
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus coccineus, known as runner bean, scarlet runner bean, or multiflora bean, is a plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. Another common name is butter bean, which can also refer to the lima bean, a different species.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water need
- Medium
- Mature height
- 3 m
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Hardiness
- USDA 7–10
- Layers
- climber
Functional roles
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
When: Sow seed late spring
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- Not yet checked
- Harvest (months)
- Not yet checked
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- —
- Frost
- Not yet checked
Vertical, so it gives a lot of food from little ground — but it needs a structure and daily water in a dry spell.
Usually grown as an annual, but the root is perennial and can be overwintered frost-free.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.