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 Runner Beans in Climbing Plants.

Pot Size & Price
Seed Packets
$3.50
Sunlight Exposure
Full Sun
Catalog
V010
Plant Traits
Cold Sensitive
Culinary

Other varieties of Beans

Henderson's Black Valentine beans, black shiny beans
Photo from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

Black Valentine, Henderson's Stringless

Catalog
V006
Bean Bountiful, long green beans
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Bountiful

Catalog
V007
Bean Climbing French, long green beans
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Climbing French

Catalog
V008
Bean Fortex, very long green beans growing on climbing plants
Photo from North Circle Seeds

Fortex

Catalog
V011
Bean Pencil Pod Golden Wax, long yellow peans
Photo from Seed Savers Exchange

Pencil Pod Golden Wax

Catalog
V009