French Climbing Bean – A Cosse Violette

£1.39

French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette. A fantastic climbing variety with showy lavender flowers and purple veined leaves. A prolific performer it produces a heavy crop of beautiful deep purple, tender and string less pods.

  • Seed Count: 125

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French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette

French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette. A fantastic climbing variety with showy lavender flowers and purple veined leaves. A prolific performer it produces a heavy crop of beautiful deep purple, tender and string less pods. Best steamed as the pods leach their colour when boiled.

Cultivation Advice French Climbing Bean A Cosse Violette

  • Time to harvest: 12-14 weeks
  • Germination time: 7-14 days
  • Planting Depth: 2 inch
  • Spacing, Row: 18 inches
  • Spacing, Seeds: 6-9 inches
  • Light: Sunny Location
  • Beans are hungry crops that require ample organic matter dug in prior to sowing.
  • Sow in pots undercover in April for an earlier harvest or directly outside when all danger of frost has passed.
  • Protect young plants from pests.
  • Loosely tie in young plants to supports.
  • Feed once in flower with a high-potash fertiliser to prolong cropping.
  • Harvest Jun-Oct.