Common names:
Pole Bean
Snap Bean (String
Green or French Bean)
Common Bean
Green Bean

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit:Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle:Annual
Sun Requirements:Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences:Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness:Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone:Zone 6a
Uses:Dried Flower
Edible Parts:Leaves
Dynamic Accumulator:Na (Sodium)
Wildlife Attractant:Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds:Self fertile
Scarify seeds
Pollinators:Bats
Conservation status:Extinct (EX)

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds

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