This vigorous twinning perennial vegetable has slender fleshy stems that are covered in foliage and forms a dense habit. It has large dark green ovate leaves and the scarlet pea -shaped flowers appear in a cluster during summer and are followed by editable pods. I can live for up to 3-years but is commonly grown as an annual.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Phaseolus coccineus is naturally found in tropical America growing in moist organic rich soils in a sunny position with cold or dry wind protection and is frost and drought tender.

The Scarlet Runner Bean is a popular vegetable that is grown for its high yield of editable beans. It is a summer crop and is planted in raised garden beds or large containers and is trained on a trellis for support. It may be used as a screen plant and establish in one season from seed and is easy to grow. ID 1513

Phaseolus (fa-as-ee-O-lus) coccineus (ko-SIN-e-us)

Fabaceae (fab-AY-see-ee)