Description | Scarlet Runner Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) A pole bean with orange-red flower and edible beans. A tender perennial is grown as an annual. |
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Pronunciation | (fa-see-O-lus)(vul-GAR-is) |
Plant Type | Perennial Tender |
Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
Sunlight | full |
Moisture | average |
Soil & Site | average |
Flowers | all the flowers I saw where orange to orange-red. |
Fruit | dry, does not split open when ripe, edible |
Leaves | heart shaped |
Stems | twinning |
Roots | fibrous |
Dimensions | over 10 feet |
Maintenance | need to provide a support structure for the plant |
Propagation | seeds |
Misc Facts | Grown by Thomas Jefferson. |