The scarlet runner is a beautiful vine plant that produces beans, as well as small, red, heart-shaped flowers. These flowers attract Hummingbirds. This plant is often used as an ornamental plant. Old favorite English runner bean have good-yielding large pods which contain deep purple beans speckled with red or lavender when mature. Pods have a rich, delicious flavor, and should be picked when short, between 4-6 inches, and used as snap beans. When mature, the dried bean seed can be cooked like dried common bean seed. Also known as Scarlet conqueror, fire bean, mammoth, red giant, scarlet emperor & white Dutch runner.

Approximate seeds per pack: 10

Days to maturity: 50-60 days

Life Cycle: Annual

Planting season: Spring, Summer

Sun Requirement: Full Sun