Growing runner beans: secrets of success / RHS
Growing runner beans: secrets of success Expert runner bean growing tips from RHS Horticultural Advisor Andy Vernon Runner beans are my desert island veg. I love growing them. Seeing their exuberant lush green growth develop, then blooming with pretty red or white flowers before those luscious green pods appear – it’s quite a thrill to behold.
How to grow runner beans | RHS Guide
Then plant one runner bean at the base of each bamboo cane and water well. Loosely tie the stems to the canes to get them started. With dwarf runner beans, space plants 30cm (1ft) apart and consider planting through plastic-free weed-suppressing membrane as this reduces the need for weeding and prevents pods being damaged from contact with the ...
Phaseolus coccineus 'Hestia'|bean (runner) 'Hestia'/RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'Hestia' 'Hestia' is a dwarf runner bean grown as an annual crop. It has a bushy compact habit up to 45cm tall and so is well-suited to growing in containers. Bi-coloured red and white flowers in summer are followed by long, straight, stringless pods
Phaseolus coccineus 'White Lady'|bean (runner) 'White ... - RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'White Lady' A climbing perennial, often grown as an annual. White flowers appear throughout the summer and early autumn which turn into thick, green, juicy pods
Phaseolus coccineus 'Scarlet Emperor'|bean (runner ... - RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'Scarlet Emperor' A vigorous, twining climber grown as an annual, with bright green, heart-shaped leaves and orange-red flowers from early summer These are followed, from mid-summer, by straight, smooth, green pods up to 30cm long, eaten as runner beans while still immature
Phaseolus coccineus 'Armstrong'|bean (runner ... - RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'Armstrong' A twining climber reaching 3m with green leaves. It is fast-maturing and scarlet flowers quckly develop into long, smooth runner beans. In the UK it is grown as a summer annual, lasting only one year.
Phaseolus coccineus 'Liberty'|bean (runner) 'Liberty'/RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'Liberty' A climbing runner bean usually grown as an annual and reaching up to 3m tall. Large red flowers in summer are followed by mid-green, edible pods up to 35cm long, from late summer until the first frosts
Phaseolus coccineus 'Red Rum'|bean (runner) 'Red Rum'/RHS Gardening
bean (runner) 'Red Rum' A runner bean with red flowers followed by tasty, straight, smooth, fleshy pods, on average about 22cm long and 1.5cm wide when picked, and stringless when young, and if seeds are allowed to develop they are pink mottled with black; its flowers will set even at fairly high temperatures, it crops early, and gives a high yield. Runner beans, Phaseolus coccineus, are ...