What Should I Know About My Variety Of Runner Beans (part 1)?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Painted Lady’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Titan’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Wisley Magic’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Polestar’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Flare’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘Achievement’?

Do you grow a variety called ‘White Lady’?

An old variety, ‘Painted Lady’ produces a beautiful display of both red and white flowers and makes a striking feature in ornamental beds and borders. The flowers are followed by large, medium-length pods that have a fine flavor and tender texture. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has poor resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

This variety is very reliable, giving strong, vigorous growth, a good show of flowers, and a crop of long, tasty pods. Keep the plants well-watered during dry periods, and pick runner beans regularly to encourage more pods to develop. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

Although its bright red flowers are very attractive to birds, ‘Wisley Magic’ still produces a huge, flavorful crop of 15-in long, straight, smooth pods from the end of summer through into fall. It has won awards for its heavy yields. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

This attractive red-flowering variety produces a good show of attractive summer flowers, which are eye-catching in beds and borders. It then produces a good yield of 10-in long, flavorful pods. It is vigorous, and will easily reach the top of a 5.5 ft high support. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has poor resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

This red-flowering variety is well-regarded for its high yields of straight, narrow, and virtually stringless pods that can reach up to 12 in length. It is an attractive plant, which makes it a good addition to the ornamental garden. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

This improved, very popular variety bears an abundance of red flowers that are followed by tasty beans in long, straight pods. It produces excellent results for the kitchen and show bench. Pick regularly, before the pods mature, for continuous flowering. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

This excellent runner bean produces vigorous growth and a multitude of white summer flowers that are largely ignored by birds; it will need sturdy support. The heavy crop develops over a long period, well into fall, and the long pods are smooth, fleshy, and stringless. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.

‘White Apollo’ vigorous, prolific variety produces long, straight, stringless pods, up to 14 inches in length, which emerge over a long cropping season. The beans are flavorful and excellent for cooking. Its pretty white flowers are largely ignored by birds. This variety is unsuitable to be grown in containers. It can be planted during late spring to early summer and harvested during midsummer to mid-fall. It has some resistance to pests and diseases and it is not a cold-hardy variety.