Bean Purple-podded | Climbing French

A stringless, climbing French bean with deep purple pods around 15cm long. When either steamed or boiled, the colour fades to green although the excellent flavour is undimmed! Plant 'Purple-podded' as a highly dramatic backdrop for your vegetable plot or potager - pair with courgette 'Tromboncino' for a striking combination. Growing instructions: Sow three seeds to a 15cm pot in mid-April and keep well watered and warm until germination. Keep seedlings in a frost-free greenhouse or on a windowsill, potting them on into multi-purpose compost as they grow, and once all threat of frost has passed harden off gradually before planting out. Protect young plants from slugs and support with hazel wigwams or trellis. Pick French beans regularly to encourage new pods to be produced, (pods left on the plant will inhibit further crops). Sow: April to June Harvest: June to August