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Peas and beans are easy to grow and great for children too. Sowing in succession (every few weeks) means you'll have a continuous crop throughout the summer. Try growing sweet peas next to your runner beans to improve pollination.
Broad Bean 'Aquadulce Claudia'Vicia faba, Fava Beans Customer Rating
A gardeners’ favourite. Broad bean 'Aquadulce Claudia' is the best broad bean for autumn sowing, overwintering plants on the plot outside, for an early harvest the following spring. Slender pods of 23cm (9") long, are full of succulent white seeded flavoursome beans. Height: 100cm (39"). Spread: 45cm (18"). More info |
Broad Bean 'Express'Vicia faba, Fava Beans As its name suggests, Broad Bean ‘Express’ is the fastest maturing variety available and an early spring sowing will out yield all others. This winter hardy, RHS AGM variety produces up to 34 tender, tasty pods per plant. Broad Bean ‘Express’ makes an excellent broad bean for freezing as it doesn’t discolour. Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |
Broad Bean 'Imperial Green Longpod'Vicia faba, Fava Beans Broad Bean ‘Imperial Green Longpod’ produces large, 37cm (15”) green seeded pods, each containing up to 9 large beans. The succulent, tasty beans of this RHS AGM variety are delicious eaten fresh and surplus yields freeze well. Height: 120cm (47”). Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |
Broad Bean 'Jubilee Hysor'Vicia faba, Fava Beans An RHS AGM recipient, that comes as a major improvement on traditional varieties. Broad Bean ‘Jubilee Hysor’ produces a tremendous yield of broad, well filled pods, each containing 6 to 8 beans with a superb flavour. Height: 150cm (59”). Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |
Pea 'Meteor' (First Early)Pisum sativum First Early. With a neat, dwarfing habit and excellent winter hardiness, Pea ‘Meteor’ is ideal for growing in containers and exposed areas, even as an autumn sown crop. This superb first early, round seeded variety produces an abundance of small, but well filled pods. A superb pea for your first harvest of the season, and with a better flavour than the old variety ‘Feltham First’. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 25cm (10"). Useful links: Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here. More info |
Broad Bean 'The Sutton'Vicia faba, Fava Beans An excellent dwarf variety that produces plenty of 15cm (6”) pods each containing five small, but deliciously tender beans, which are excellent for freezing. Broad Bean ‘The Sutton’ is ideal for successional sowings in spring, or can be sown under cloches in autumn for particularly early crops. The neat compact plants are ideal for small gardens or growing in containers. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 25cm (10”). More info |
Broad Bean 'Bunyard's Exhibition'Vicia faba, Fava Beans A gardener's favourite for over 100 years for its reliable performance on most soils and heavy crops of delicious beans. Broad Bean ‘Bunyards Exhibition’ produces long pods containing an average of 6 to 8 beans per pod. This variety has an excellent flavour and is ideal for freezing. Height: 120cm (47”). Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |
Broad Bean 'Robin Hood'Vicia faba, Fava Beans
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Pea 'Misty' (First Early)Pisum sativum First Early. RHS AGM variety, Pea ‘Misty’ was specially bred for producing heavy crops, early in the season. Abundant yields of blunt 8cm (3") pods are mainly borne in pairs and filled with plenty of succulent peas. This superb first early variety sets flowers and pods over a particularly long cropping period and shows resistance to fusarium wilt. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 25cm (10"). Useful links: Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here. More info |
Broad Bean 'De Monica'Vicia faba, Fava Beans
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Broad Bean 'Aquadulce Claudia' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh CollectionVicia faba, Fava Beans
A gardeners’ favourite. Broad bean 'Aquadulce Claudia' is the best broad bean for autumn sowing, overwintering plants on the plot outside, for an early harvest the following spring. Slender pods of 23cm (9") long, are full of succulent white seeded flavoursome beans. Height: 100cm (39"). Spread: 45cm (18") More info |
Broad Bean 'Masterpiece Green Longpod'Vicia faba, Fava Beans Customer RatingArguably the best green-seeded variety, growing well in most conditions, and producing good pod lengths with up to 7 beans per pod. Broad Bean ‘Masterpiece Green Longpod’ has remarkable flavour and table qualities. This superb RHS AGM variety is also excellent for freezing. Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |