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

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8a
Uses: Salad greens
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: B (Boron)
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Other info
Pollinators: Bees
Conservation status: Critically Endangered (CR)

Purple Podded pole bean - foliage, beans, flowers.

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