Beans
If you're a passionate gardener, these legumes are your secret ingredient for healthy and delicious meals. Each of these varieties has a rich history and a flavour profile like no other.
Beans are frost-sensitive and prefer full sun. Well-improved soil will provide superior crops.
Best grown by direct seeding 10-15 days after your last frost date. Plant seeds directly where they are to grow 2.5-3cm deep. Individual plant spacing is 30-40cm and 40cm between rows. Germination takes 7-10 days. Soil temps should be above 13ºC, otherwise, seed may rot in the ground. Bush beans will be the first to produce and you can start harvesting early varieties from about 50-55 days. Pole beans take a while longer and will produce from around 65+ days.
Broad Beans: A.k.a. fava beans. A bush variety needing support. Enjoys cooler weather and can tolerate mild frost. Best planted in autumn or early spring.
Bush Beans: A.k.a. dwarf beans. Very quick and rewarding crop. Produces early, with flushes of sweet, tender beans. Plant after the last frost.
Pole Beans: These are climbing beans that require support in order to climb. The more often their pods are picked, the more they produce.
Runner Beans: A productive bean that requires support to climb. Best picked young. These beans require stringing yet more than make up for the effort with exceptional flavour.
Lima Beans: A.k.a. butter beans. Very productive, rambling, bushy plants. Requires a long, warm season to produce. Mainly used as shelly or dry beans.
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Osborne and Clyde Pole Beans
Phaseolus vulgarisA vigorous climbing bean that produces short, flat green pods with a reddish-purpl..
R30.27
Painted Lady
Phaseolus coccineusAn early 19th century Heirloom, that according to SSE, was described by Friar Ant..
R37.84
Pakistan Maroon Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris A staple food in Pakistan, these beans are grown primarily for the dry bean ma..
R30.27
Papa di Rola
Phaseolus vulgaris Papa di Rola (Translation: Spotted like a Dove) is one of the most beautiful b..
R31.05
Pebblestone Bush
Phaseolus vulgarisThis is a delightful, compact bush bean that produces heaps of lovely dark green p..
R31.35
Peruvian Emerald Broad Beans
Vica faba An outstanding broad bean variety that produces broad beans of exceptional flavour. So ..
R34.62
Prestons Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris Another exceptionally rare heirloom from Australia. Preston’s Bush was a very ..
R30.27
Purple Champion Pole Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris A real favourite in the Livingseeds Show Garden, one cannot help but snack on ..
R29.19
Purple Khobwe Cowpea
Vigna unguiculataLIMITED STOCK!A stunning purple cowpea variety that we have managed to acquire and..
R25.30
Purple Teepee Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgarisGreat little bush bean with a good yield, compact growth and pretty flowers. We ge..
R30.27
Rattlesnake Beans
Phaseolus vulgarisHeirloom.This bean have vigorous vines which easily grow over 3m tall. Very produc..
R28.11
Redland Pioneer Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris Redland is an Australian bred bean seed that is an old-style, tasty, flat gree..
R30.27
Rio Zape Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris Wow. What a great dry bean. Rio Zape produces early, produces well and gives a..
R30.48
Roc d' Or Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris A Yellow bush bean variety that produces straight, deep yellow pods. Delicious..
R30.48
Roquefort Beans
Phaseolus vulgaris A great little producer of sweet and crisp, yellow snap beans. Popular for the..
R30.48
Sex Without Strings
Phaseolus vulgaris An awesome little bush bean that produces lovely yellow wax beans. This is a o..
R29.90
Sieva Lima Beans
Phaseolus lunatusThis heirloom variety gained it's reputation as being Thomas Jefferson's personal f..
R31.35
Solwezi Dry
Phaseolus vulgaris An outstanding African Heirloom pole bean variety, the preferred dry bean in Z..
R30.27
Soup Pinto
Phaseolus vulgarisLIMITED STOCK!Pinto Beans are the quintessential Mexican cooking bean. With their..
R30.27
Sparg Pole Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris A fantastic pole bean that was given to Livingseeds by the Sparg family. Passed d..
R30.27