This collection of Jumbo Runner Beans plants consists of 2 of the most popular varieties, Scarlet Emperor and Streamline. They are both perfect for freezing and are vigorous heavy croppers. Harvesting time for the Scarlet Emperor is from August to September and from June to September for the Streamline variety.#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2100253"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2100265"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
A gardener’s favourite, due to is reliability, beautiful colour and unique flavour. This variety is heavy cropping, suitable for most soil types and is also ideal for freezing. For best results, pick the beans when they are starting to show through the pod and whilst the scar on the end of the bean is still white. This variety will require support from canes.
Runner Bean Streamline is a reliably heavy and vigorous cropper, also suitable for freezing.
Runner Bean Scarlet Emperor is a heavy cropper, making it a popular choice as a show vegetable. This variety is also perfect for freezing.
These Dwarf Runner Bean Hestia Seeds will produce high yields of tasty, long, straight, stringless pods. It will also produce attractive bicoloured flowers too.
Runner Bean Firestorm is an outstanding new variety that has been bred to be self-fertile, high-yielding and all-weather resistant. It will produce an abundance of sweet flavoured, stringless pods, typically 25 x 2.5cm over a long cropping period from July to October. They are best picked young when the pods are stringless and at their sweetest and most tender.#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141379"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141389"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
Dwarf French Bean Tendergreen is a self-supporting variety - sow the seeds 8cm apart and the plants will support themselves so no need for netting or supports. A robust performer and packed full of flavour, this variety will provide you with heavy crops of pale green stringless pods with splashes of purple from July to October. For best results pick when the beans are 15cm long. #html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141A68"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141A78"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
The Sutton is a dwarf variety of broad bean which is full of nutrients and ever so easy to grow. Growing only up to 30cm high, this variety doesn't require support and is ideal for smaller gardens, growing in containers on the patio or balcony, and is also very useful in more exposed locations. A perfect choice for successional sowings from late autumn under cloches and late winter to early summer in the open. Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit.#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141F2C"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2141F3D"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
<p>This Bean Collection includes reliable and vigorous cropping varieties which are super healthy and packed full of superb flavour. They make the perfect addition to your allotments, vegetable plots in the garden and as they are all dwarf varieties, are well-suited to container gardening.</p> <p><ul>This collection includes 2 large plants of each of the following varieties:</p <p><li><b>Broad Bean The Sutton:</b> An early maturing variety giving good yields of approximately 6-8 white beans per pod from June to August.</il> <li><b>Runner Bean Firestorm:</b> Will produce an abundance of sweet flavoured, stringless pods, typically 25 x 2.5cm over a long cropping period from July to October.</il> <li><b>Dwarf French Bean Tendergreen:</b> A robust performer, this variety will provide you with heavy crops of pale green stringless pods with splashes of purple from July to October.</il></ul></p>#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B214E01E"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-position: left top; background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B214E030"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
A reliable and popular, high-yielding variety, 'Masterpiece Green Longpod' is considered by many to be the best broad bean you can grow. The seeds are quick to germinate, either indoors in pots or outdoors planted directly into their cropping position, generating vigorous plants that will provide plenty of fresh, tasty beans for your plate - and plenty more for the freezer. True to its name, this variety produces particularly long, regularly formed pods, each containing 6 to 8 juicy beans. Harvesting from June onwards, the younger you pick them, the more tender the beans will be; or leave them to mature a while longer if you prefer larger beans. You can even cook the young pods whole; just top and tail them, and then gently steam to retain the best of their flavour and texture. If you harvest more beans than you can eat, just blanch them and put into an airtight container or bag, then store in your freezer until required. They will retain their shape and texture well and be just as delicious cooked from frozen. Being a worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure of good-quality, plentiful crops that are easy and rewarding to grow. Sow indoors from February to April for planting out from April to May, or sow outdoors from February to May, in a sunny position directly where they are to crop, 60cm (24in) apart in well-drained, fertile soil. Harvest from June to August. Supplied as a packet of 45 (approx.) seeds ready to plant indoors in individual pots or outdoors in their cropping position. Grows to 1.2m (48in) by 30cm (12in) spread.
An exceptional variety that is early to crop and has a long picking season, 'Polestar' produces high yields of smooth runner bean pods that have a sweet flavour and crisp, fleshy texture. If not left too long on the vine, these beans are stringless, so for best taste and texture, pick when they reach 15-20cm (6-8in) in length. A reliable and long-standing favourite of vegetable growers, this heavy cropping variety will produce plenty of delicious fresh beans for your plate and plenty more for the freezer. Versatile and nutritious, they are a classic cooked veg, but the young beans also taste great raw - try shredding or slicing them into a salad or using as a baton for dips. For best results, sow the seeds indoors in pots from April to May for transplanting outside in May to June; or sow from April to May outdoors, directly into their cropping position. To get the growing season off to an earlier start, sow them in containers in your greenhouse. The plants produce pretty red flowers, which are very attractive to bees and other beneficial insects. Grow alongside sweet peas as these will draw in more insects that will help pollinate the runner beans and produce an even bigger crop. As well as 'Polestar' being a rewarding bean to grow, the beans are highly nutritious as they are rich in vitamin C and a good source of fibre. Trim and blanch surplus crops to store in an airtight container or bag in the freezer. They will freeze well, retaining good flavour and texture when cooked from frozen. Supplied as a packet of 50 (approx.) seeds ready to plant indoors in individual pots or outdoors in their growing position. Being deep-rooted, runner beans will thrive in well-dug, fertile, moisture-retentive but well-draining soil, in a sunny and sheltered position. Successive sowings every 2-3 weeks will achieve an extended cropping. Beans will be ready to harvest from July to October, 12-16 weeks after sowing.
Dating back to the late 19th century, this heirloom variety is justly popular for its flavour and its heavy crops of round, stringless pods. With consistently good results over a long cropping season, this prolific climbing French bean produces clusters of fleshy pods that have a superior texture and taste and are rich in vitamins and fibre. As well as being easy to grow, 'Blue Lake' makes an attractive feature whether grown in the veg garden or nestled amongst herbaceous plants in your beds and borders. They look particularly good when grown up a trellis or 'wigwam' of canes, not least for their pretty white flowers. Plant them with sweet peas for a pleasing contrast of colours. 'Blue Lake' is generally grown as a green bean for cooking. In fact, they should not be eaten raw as they contain toxins that are destroyed in the cooking process. The pods are best picked young to increase yields, and steamed or boiled rapidly to make the best of their flavour and texture, as well as to retain the most nutrients. Inside the rich green pods are white seeds or beans, which can be harvested from pods that are left to mature for longer on the plant. They can then be dried and stored to be used as haricot beans in soups and stews. This climbing bean will thrive in neutral, humus-rich, moisture-retentive but well-drained soil in a sunny position. Sow the seeds indoors from April to May to plant out May to June; or sow outdoors from May to July, directly where they are to crop. Harvest from July to October. Supplied as a pack of 100 (approx.) seeds ready to sow indoors into individual pots or outdoors directly into their cropping position. Grows to 180cm height x 45cm spread.