Bean Plant - Climbing French Bean 'Blue Lake'
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Bean Plant - Climbing French Bean 'Blue Lake'

Phaseolus vulgaris 'Blue Lake'

These defy any Summer drought and remain sugar sweet and tender. Their performance in hot dry Summers has proved exceptional. Excellent and easy to deep freeze. Eaten raw they are tasty in Summer salads too. Grow against a trellis or bean rack or up netting - interplant with peas or runner beans.

An excellent variety to grow in cold greenhouse or polytunnel.

Supplied as compost block grown plants.

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How To Grow Climbing French Beans

For Growing In Rows
Set out April - early July, 4" apart in rows 30" apart.
Provide support for these to climb up to a height of around 6 - 8 feet using netting, a bamboo cane structure or similar.

For Climbing French Bean Wigwams
Using a dustbin lid or similar as a template, drive into the ground six eight foot canes and tie together at the top to produce a wigwam effect.
Plant 1 or 2 plants at the foot of each cane.

Top Tips
Thrive in warm conditions and so are an ideal crop to grow under protection - greenhouse or polytunnel.
Whilst they will prove drought tolerant, good watering from flowering time onwards will ensure maximum pod development.
Mulch around the stems in early Summer

For something completely different and to maximise crop space try growing climbing french beans using the Three Sisters method.