HL-039

HL-039Phaseolus coccineus · runner

ScarletRunner

Grown as much for its scarlet flowers as for the beans. In frost-free places it comes back each year from a tuberous root; runners cross with one another far more readily than common beans.

Habit
Runner
Season
Long — needs a warm summer; pods dry by late September
Species
Phaseolus coccineus
Accession
HL-039
Packets lent
112
Came back
80 (71%)

Growing it out

  1. 01

    Sow at the foot of two-metre canes after the last frost; runners like a deep, moist soil.

  2. 02

    Water well once the flowers open — pods set poorly in hot, dry weather.

  3. 03

    Grow only one runner variety for seed: runners cross with one another readily.

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Out growing · back in October