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I agree, it is meant to be green. There is another bean, Ryder's Blue Coco bean that is purple...

did i say that out loud? :) i would do it myself if i had more room and places to grow pole beans. oh, and time, i'd need more time...

Please don't give me ideas like that 🤣 I would say that half of my beans are purple flowering and the other half white and/or yellow...

i suspect you are enjoying collecting all the purple flowering beans you can find. :)

'Pink Tenders' is a delight! On youngish pods I've only ever seen this pink hue on 'Red Swan'. Rare! As far as I'm aware, 'Ryder's Top...

Interesting. Blau Weiße von Bernada here is definitely earlier than Succotash. And it did not need greenhouse protection in England...

Yes Succotash is a bit of a difficult one and very late. A botanist in my German bean gardening group has found evidence to suggest that...

Another nice variety has pods: Grah Rovicak. A pole bean originally from Croatia, seeds received from Austria. The pods are yellow...

Network bean Mother Earth ( Pole-dry) Am seeing a few pods like this but not many. Still has alot of blooms on it, so hoping many many...

I grew Rose last year and found it to be late. I failed to harvest any good seed. I’m trying again this year and sowed it particularly...

My Schwarze Kugel is a bush with short runners. I got the seeds from Austria. I didn't know there was a pole variant.

Last year I tried growing a Lima bean for the first time, and it didn't go well. After many months Network Lima Grandma Rivera produced...

Do you have the Schwarze Kugel bush bean or the Schwarze Kugelbohne pole bean? I have the pole bean for the first time. It is a variety...

I also observed a bumblebee over the last few days that is busy working on flowers. But it only goes for three varieties: Blue Adliswil...

Noooo, bee, no!