Often referred to as purple pole beans, they are just like green beans in many ways; but they taste slightly sweeter with a ...

Question: I have some purple pole beans that I grew this summer. I got the seed from a friend. She says they are called Kew Blue. Can I save these bean seeds from my crop for next year? If this ...

Here they are, the gorgeous purple pole beans I grew from seed. They’re an heirloom variety called trionfo violetto from Franchi Sementi seed company in Italy.

For pole beans this year, Pfenninger is growing “Kentucky Wonder,” “Chinese Red Noodle” beans and a purple podded bean she buys from Seed Savers Exchange. She staggers her plantings to ...

Another pole bean that is fun to grow are the yard-long bean varieties. The long dangling beans are fun to see. Crops that are great companions to beans are kale, cabbage, squash, dill, and cucumbers.

Beans can seem complicated. They come in different colors — green, yellow and purple are the most common. And in different shapes — round and flat — and different sizes — yard-long and ...

Green beans were one of our earliest cultivated plants, tracing their beginnings to Central and South America where they were an original member of the “Three-Sisters,” a companion planting of ...