These compact plants produce a succession of tasty, stringless, quick maturing beans over a long picking season. The slender pods, each measuring about 15cm (6) long, turn to an attractive shade of green once cooked. With its pretty mauve flowers and colourful purple beans, Dwarf Bean 'Amethyst' makes an attractive addition to the vegetable plot. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 30cm (12)
Dwarf Bean 'Boston' bears straight, round 15cm (6) long pods with a dark green colour and an excellent flavour. These sturdy, upright plants produce heavy crops over a long picking season. This RHS AGM variety is ideal for growing in containers. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Compact in size and rewardingly high yielding, this productive and attractive variety is the ideal solution for growing in a confined space or patio container, either growing up a small wigwam or obelisk.
The slender, straight, colourful yellow pods of Dwarf Bean 'Concador' are produced over a long season. Growing to about 12cm (5in) long, the pods are flavoursome and easy to spot when picking. This compact and disease-resistant bean is ideal for use in containers and has good resistance to bean mosaic virus, anthracnose and halo blight. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Dwarf Bean 'Delinel' is an outstanding variety for both crop yield and flavour. The 15cm (6) mid green, stringless beans are of superb quality with dark black seeds within the pods. This RHS AGM variety has a long season if picked regularly, and shows good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Each pale creamy yellow pod contains 6 or 7 large white cannellini beans that are delicious when added to soups and casseroles. Dwarf Bean 'Impero Bianco' is compact and late maturing - harvest the fully mature seeds autumn for the largest, tastiest cannellini beans. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Still the industry standard slicing and processing variety, with unbeatable garden performance. Dwarf Bean 'Laguna' produces huge yields of 12cm (5) quite fleshy, intense green pods. This weather proof variety has superb vigour and excellent disease resistance too. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
A compact, floriferous 'daisy' type perfect for small plots, decorative veg displays and patio/window pots. Each plant produces a mass of flowers leading to 13-15cm (5-6in) very slender, mid-green, stringless pencil pods that set at the top of the plant for easy picking. Mascotte crops over a long season and has excellent eating quality.
Dwarf French Bean 'Maxi' produces excellent yields of tasty stringless beans. Prolific crops of 20cm (8) long beans are produced well above the foliage, making it easy to spot when they are ready to pick. Crops mature quickly so you won't have to wait for long!
Unique, world's first purple podded 'daisy type', masses of very slender pods, produced at the top of the plant. Stunning dark leaves, purple stems and flowers. Harvest June-October.
Dwarf French Bean ?Mistic? produces an abundance of dark, purple-black pods from as early as June. With regular picking it will keep cropping right through to October! These compact plants make an attractive crop, with purple tinted foliage and pale violet flowers.
An RHS AGM variety with good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Dwarf Bean 'Nomad' produces bumper crops of straight, stringless, dark-green pods reaching up to 12cm (5) long, with an outstanding flavour. Pick regularly while beans are young and tender to encourage heavier yields. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)