SEEDS:

Buy Scarlett Runner Bean seeds NZ –

A summer favourite, Scarlet Runner Bean is an heirloom climbing bean that produces beautiful red flowers; followed by long, flat green pods.

A great cropper and easy to grow through the Summer months, grow in a sunny site with compost rich soil.
Water regularly throughout the season.
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 Scarlet 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 coccineus
• TYPE:
  Heirloom, Open Pollinated, Climber
• LIFECYCLE:
  Annual, can be trimmed back to re-grow as a perennial.
• USES:
  Pick and eat fresh straight from the vine, slice and add to salads, soups and stews, blanch and freeze, eat fresh with dips or antipasto platter.

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