Runner Bean
Food Plant
A tall climbing bean grown for its long green pods and bright scarlet, bee-friendly flowers — its stems always twining in one fixed direction.
💡 Fun Facts
- We grow runner beans up tall canes for their long green pods, which we eat cooked.
- Its bright scarlet flowers are grown for their beauty too, and bumblebees love them.
- The stems always twine round their support in the same direction — spiralling anticlockwise as they climb.
📅 Through the Year
- Flowering:July to September
- Fruiting:August to October