bean (runner) 'Hestia'
runner bean or Phaseolus coccineus 'Hestia' (dwarf)
This compact runner bean can easily be grown in larger pots, so even if you have a tiny garden, you can still produce a delicious crop of tasty, stringless pods. It has an excellent resistance to diseases and even the bicoloured blooms are eye-catching.
Growing instructions:
Choose a spot in full sun and enrich the soil by digging in plenty of well-rotted organic matter, or fill a large pot with a good, soil-based compost. From late spring sow seeds direct 5cm deep and about 20cm apart. Protect seedlings from slugs and squash blackfly as soon as they appear on shoot tips.
Eventual height:
0.45m
Eventual spread:
0.3m
Position:
Full sun
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
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Humans/Pets: Raw pods/beans harmful if eaten
approx 45 seeds
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