SEEDS:

Buy purple runner beans seeds NZ –

King of the Blues purple runner beans are an heirloom climbing bean that produce slender, marvelous purple pods that go green when cooked.

Flavourful and easy to grow, these climbing beans are a prolific producer. Harvesting the pods regularly will encourage further pod production.
As they are a climbing bean, train them up a trellis, or grow along a fence line.

A fun way to grow is to create a large tee-pee and use as a novel, edible, shady summer hut for children!

Great for children’s gardens, NZ school gardens, home or community gardens. Bees and bumble bees adore the flowers.
Encourage little people to help sow seeds, care for the plant, grow their own food, and car for the soil.

Buy King of the Blues purple runner bean seeds in NZ –
Seed pack contains 20 seeds in composable zip-lock bag with instructions to sow.
Plus a plant specific info sheet; with planting tips, growing care, fruiting / harvest seasons.

• SEEDS:
  20
• SOWING TIME:
  Spring & Early Summer
• HARVEST TIME:
  Harvest ongoing through the Summer-Autumn. Approx. December-March.
• CLIMATE:
  Grow through the summer months, planting in compost rich, free draining soil in a North facing, sunny site.
• BOTANICAL NAME:
  Phaseolus vulgaris
• TYPE:
  Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Climber
• LIFECYCLE:
  Annual, grow over warm season
• USES:
  Eat raw to maintain purple colour. Pick and eat fresh straight from the vine, slice and add to salads, soups and stews and chutneys, blanch and freeze, eat fresh with dips or antipasto platter. Will turn green when cooked.

Buy purple Runner Beans and download our free Garden Journal: Plants & Seeds Record and create a booklet to paste/keep your seed info in one place.