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Runner Bean (Scarlet Emperor)

🥬 Vegetable
Hardiness Zones 4a to 10b
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📖 About This Plant

Britain's favourite garden bean. Beautiful red flowers followed by long, flat pods. Grows vigorously up poles or wigwams. A cottage garden essential.

📊 Quick Facts

Sun
Full Sun
Water
Regular
Season
Late Spring
Harvest
60-70 days

🌱 Care Tips

Sow direct after last frost or start indoors. Provide 8-foot poles or trellis. Water well when flowering. Pick regularly for continuous cropping.

🤝 Companion Plants

These plants grow well alongside Runner Bean:

SweetcornSquashMarigolds
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