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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 '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 '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 CollectionVicia faba, Fava Beans Broad beans are high in protein, productive, and easy to grow in most soils and conditions. Delicious eaten fresh and steamed, but any surplus crops freeze particularly well. This Broad Bean Collection contains 3 superb varieties. Height: Up to 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 'Medes'Vicia faba, Fava Beans Broad Bean ‘Medes’ is highly productive, yielding good crops of white-seeded pods. This RHS AGM variety is suitable for spring sowing or sown under cloches in autumn for particularly early crops. Each medium sized, 15cm (6”) pod contains up to 6 sweet, tender beans which are delicious eaten fresh, while any surplus crops are ideal for freezing. Height: 90cm (35”) Spread: 45cm (18”). More info |