Climbing French Bean 'Kew Blue'
- Product number: 048375
- Origin: Central America
- Latin: Phaseolus vulgaris
You’d want to grow these half-flat snap beans for their ornamental value alone: lilac-pink flowers, with deep purple pods, stems, and leaves. At Kew Gardens (England), they discovered the large harvest combined with remarkable resistance to cold and rain... The variety was “born” around 2000 and has since become a popular (but still rare) variety. The abundant harvest starts early and continues for a long time…
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Latin: Phaseolus vulgaris
Dutch: Stokspekbonen
Also known as: Paarse Spekbonen
English: Snapbean-Pole
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- Flower colour: Lilac 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 vulgaris
- Dutch: Pole beans
- Also known as: Purple Podded Pole Bean
- English: Snapbean-Pole
