Flat, fleshy, stringless, golden yellow pods make Climbing Bean 'Goldfield' an attractive addition to the vegetable plot. The delicious, 25cm (10) long waxpods are early to mature and can be harvested throughout the summer. This colourful French Bean has excellent vigour and good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus. Height: 180cm (70). Spread: 30cm (12)
This flat podded French Bean produces high yields of 25cm (10) long, pods throughout summer. The smooth, stringless pods are early to mature and can be harvested from June onwards. For even earlier crops, Climbing Bean 'Helda' can be grown in the greenhouse. Height: 180cm (70). Spread: 30cm (12)
Our Mamba trial crops have consistently produced double the yield of Cobra, with no reduction in flavour or pod quality. Mamba?s mid-green, stringless pods are larger, more uniform and carried in clusters for easy picking. Growth is more manageable, taking up less space than most other varieties.
Climbing Bean 'Monte Cristo' is a new variety which is already gaining ground among gardeners. Cropping early in the season, it will continue to produce tasty French Beans over a long period.
Climbing Bean ?Monte Gusto? is a brown seeded variety, producing beautiful pale yellow pods. Heavy crops of uniform French Beans are produced over a long picking season. This attractive variety is not just grown for its good looks - the flavour is superb!
This highly decorative French Bean makes a fabulous talking point in the vegetable garden, or even in your flower borders. Climbing Bean 'Selma Zebra' is a T&M reintroduction from 30 years ago, and still as eye catching as ever. The unusual marbled pods are particularly early to mature in July and continue to set pods throughout the summer. These tasty beans turn green when cooked. Height: 180cm (70). Spread: 30cm (12)
Bring some old-fashioned flavour to your vegetable plot with this heritage Climbing Bean. Marbled pods develop early in the season, ready for picking from July onwards.
A most attractive variety from the same breeder as the ever-popular Climbing Bean ?Cobra?! Climbing Bean 'Sunshine' produces long golden pods that reach up to 18cm (7) long. The slender pods are stringless and stand out nicely against the bright green foliage.
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.
Climbing French Beans produce heavy yields over a long picking season. This collection of delicious French Beans will give you more than enough stringless beans to feed the whole family, and share some with your neighbours too!
Stringless and packed with flavour, Climbing Bean Mixed is the result of the latest climbing mangetout breeding. Producing high yields of straight, 25cm (10in) pods right through the summer, which hold in prime condition over a much longer period than older, more traditional varieties. This mix of three varieties will give you a range of pod and flower colours - making it decorative in the garden, as well as on the plate!