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Emperor of Russia is one of the very first beans I grew. Thanks for the extra information, Russ. It is held in UK by the Heritage Seed Library who offer it to members fairly regularly. Adam Alexander, known as the Seed Detective, rates it as his very favourite variety...

I’ve had two or three isolated plants wilt and die too for no apparent reason. Flowerbug’s description of ‘vascular collapse’ feels just right. It’s certainly been unusually hot for a few days here, but then again, not compared with many places. Beans are mysterious creatures sometimes.

Interesting. You might know that producing a pea with a red pod has been quite a holy grail in some quarters. Producing a red podding pea has proved particularly elusive. For example: http://daughterofthesoil.blogspot.com/2019/08/red-podded-pea-update-f6-crop-and-beyond.html?m=1 And...

I’ve been noticing flowers more recently too. I think this is the most common colouring in bean flowers, unless it’s just by coincidence in the varieties I’m growing this season. I think the buds are yellowish, then they open to white, and then finally wither back to yellowish again. You have...

I can vouch for the fact that Barry Island is a very good snap bean. I particularly like flat, Romano-type beans as green beans. I hope you enjoy them.

Yes, I would say that elephant garlic can easily reach 5'. And it's sturdy in all parts - leaf, stem, umbel etc., as your specimen seems to be.

It looks very like Elephant garlic which is an entirely different species actually related to leek. It’s Allium ampeloprasum rather than Allium sativum, bigger than garlic but tasting similar except milder. It often produces those size cloves/bulbils. Where it might have come from if you’ve...

Dakota Bumble looks just about ready to eat. I grew Beurre de Rocquencourt and Tendergreen in my polytunnel, purely to get harvestable beans as easy as possible. We had our first feed yesterday.

Lovely healthy plants. I have grown Mazlenk Rumen Visok II and it was fully a pole bean. ☹️

A rather belated list from me. I've enjoyed reading everyone else's. Pole Blacksmith's Bean Box Bragançano Canadian Cherokee Striped Cornhill Childers Cutshort Coco 'Sophie' Eva Fortex Frank Barnett Cutshort Garden of Eden Georgian #22 Golden Gate Hamby Hickory Stick Ilene Italian Snap John...

Thank you, Artorius. Very interesting to have the background information on Bonel di Fonzaso. And I’m sorry I hadn’t noticed your PM. I’ve replied now.

Interesting. And wonderful if it’s like Bonnelbas, which I assume isn’t available and may not like northern conditions. I can’t find any reference to Bonel di Fonzaso although there is a society with that name, devoted to preserving Bonel beans. Can you say any more about Bonel beans and...

Great idea. Do keep them coming! That splashed tri-colour bean is amazing.

Yes, I believe pill bugs are what are called woodlice in UK. I have never thought of them as much of a threat here. I’m not aware of any crops that they damage. Having said that we’re not overrun with them in the way @Branching Out obviously is.

Exciting! I hope they grow well for you. The second one from the left, in the pods, looks very like P. coccineus seed.

Interesting discussion. I’m more interested in producing peppers early and then over a spread of time rather than in producing large plants. So I tend to let them do their own thing unless they produce flowers very early. I’m grateful for the fruit that has got to a fair size already.

Well Russ, you certainly know how to spring a surprise. I’m so pleased you’ve come through all that with such flying colours. I hope you continue to feel a little stronger each day. Like Triffid I shall nurture my network beans all the more carefully this season. You’ve obviously made...

In UK, the Japanese Senshyu Yellow is the standard overwintering variety, and always does well. Is that commonly grown in UK? Here it will bulb while the days are shorter, a month or so earlier than the long day varieties. I guess I’m about Zone 8, so not sure how that would fare in 7a.

Thanks Triffid. I guess I haven’t even encountered average sized white seeds in a P. coccineus but there are probably many and thanks for setting the scale. Is this a variety offered as a vulgaris-coccineus cross?

Interesting. The only P. coccineus varieties with white seeds which I’ve come across have larger than average seeds. The Wey variety clearly has smaller than average white seeds which makes it specially interesting. It seems to be one of the varieties claimed to have some P. vulgaris in the...