About Purple-Podded Pole

67–70 days. Purple pods are easy to spot while picking and then turn light green when blanched or cooked. Young pods are great eaten fresh, too. Vines produce a heavy, continuous crop of stringless 5–7" pods with round beans. Heirloom also known as Purple Peacock.

About Beans

Best planted once the soil has warmed. See also Bean, Yard-Long and Runner Beans in Climbing Plants.

Pot Size & Price
Seed Packets
$3.50
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Plant Traits
Cold Sensitive
Culinary

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Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Black Valentine, Henderson's Stringless

Catalog
V011
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Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Orca

Catalog
V014
Bean Fortex, very long green beans growing on climbing plants
Photo from North Circle Seeds

Fortex

Phaseolus Hidatsa Shield Bean, white beans with brown speckled halves
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Hidatsa Shield Bean

Catalog
V012
Bean Lina Sisco's Bird Egg, pink to mottled dried beans
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Lina Sisco's Bird Egg

Catalog
V013
Phaseolus Mardi Gras Bean Blend, green, purple and yellow wax beans in rows
Photo from High Mowing Seeds

Mardi Gras Bean Blend

Catalog
V008
Phaseolus Maxibel Haricot Vert, narrow green beans
Photo from High Mowing Seeds

Maxibel Haricot Vert

Catalog
V009
Bean Pencil Pod Golden Wax, long yellow peans
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Pencil Pod Golden Wax

Phaseolus Provider, classic green beans
Photo from High Mowing Seeds

Provider

Catalog
V010