Runner Bean (Pole) 'Black Knight'
- Product number: 041390
- Origin: Central America
- Latin: Phaseolus coccineus, also known as Phaseolus multiflorus
This runner bean is unique: purple pods! A particularly striking appearance after the elegant, orange-red bloom. If you let the pods ripen a little, the beans are bright pink and can be shelled fresh. When fully ripe, the seeds become lilac-pink with black spots and speckles. This special runner bean is climbing.
Runner beans are very sturdy beans. Use the climbing varieties as a windbreak for common French beans; when picked young, they are just as tasty. If the beans hang for too long, the individual beans (seeds) can be shelled. These are known as 'potato beans'. Runner beans are also quite resistant to salty wind.
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Latin: Phaseolus coccineus, or Phaseolus multiflorus
Dutch: Pronkbonen
Also known as: Aardappelboontje
English: Runner Bean
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- Flower colour: Orange-red bloom
- Origin: Central America
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Phaseolus coccineus, also known as Phaseolus multiflorus
- Dutch: Runner beans
- Also known as: Potato bean
- English: Runner Bean
