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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"). Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: More info |
Dwarf Bean 'Speedy'Phaseolus vulgaris, French Bean, Green Bean, Bush Bean Customer Rating
Aptly named dwarf French Bean ‘Speedy’ is one of the earliest and quickest beans to produce pods to pick. This productive variety produces good yields of fleshy, mid-green pods, approximately 14cm (6") long from July onwards that have an excellent flavour. Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 30cm (12"). Companion planting: Try growing French beans with Nasturtiums to draw aphids away from your crop. Useful links: More info |
Dwarf Bean 'Delinel'Phaseolus vulgaris, French Bean, Green Bean, Bush Bean Customer Rating
Dwarf Bean ‘Delinel’ is an outstanding variety for both crop yield and flavour. The 15cm (6”) mid green, stringless beans are of superb quality with dark black seeds within the pods. This RHS AGM variety has a long season if picked regularly, and shows good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 30cm (12”). Companion planting: Try growing French beans with Nasturtiums to draw aphids away from your crop. Useful links: 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”).Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: 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”).Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: 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”).Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: More info |
Broad Bean 'Crimson Flowered'Vicia faba, Fava Beans Customer RatingA heritage Broad Bean variety with stunning crimson flowers, followed by a good crop of short, upright pods and delicious beans. Broad Bean ‘Crimson Flowered’ is ideal for growing in containers as well as in the garden, or as an ornamental edible in the flower border. Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 45cm (18”). Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: 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”).Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: 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”).Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: More info |
Broad Bean 'Robin Hood'Vicia faba, Fava Beans
Companion planting: Try growing broad beans with summer savory to help repel black bean aphids, a common pest of broad beans. Useful links: More info |
Dwarf Bean 'Sansoucy' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh CollectionPhaseolus vulgaris, French Bean, Green Bean, Bush Bean
Dwarf bean 'Sansoucy' is a bit of a revolution, beans are held high above the foliage so are easier to find, easier to pick and certainly cleaner than those that drag on the floor. Packed with vitamins, and plants are immune to many diseases. Give them a go! Height: 45cm (18"). Spread: 30cm (12"). Companion planting: Try growing French beans with Nasturtiums to draw aphids away from your crop. Useful links: More info |
Dwarf Bean 'Opera'Phaseolus vulgaris, French Bean, Green Bean, Bush Bean Customer RatingThis early maturing Kenyan-type produces heavy crops of slim, dark green 10cm (4”) stringless pods over a long cropping season. Dwarf Bean ‘Opera’ has an upright, open habit making the pods easy to spot when harvesting. With good resistance to Halo Blight, Bean Mosaic Virus, Anthracnose and Botrytis, this is the perfect choice for organic gardeners. Height: 45cm (18”). Spread: 30cm (12”). Companion planting: Try growing French beans with Nasturtiums to draw aphids away from your crop. Useful links: More info |