Common names:
Pole Bean
Snap bean
Common Bean

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Fern
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8b -9.4 °C (15 °F) to -6.7 °C (20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 2
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Roots
Dynamic Accumulator: Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Will not come true from seed
Pollinators: Birds
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

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