Strike Plant Strike bush bean seeds for productive, upright plants with good disease resistance. The pods are round, medium green, slender, and stringless, coming in a concentrated set for easy harvesting. The beans have a very pleasant texture when cooked, and they maintain their flavour after freezing for winter use. Perfect for the home garden, and favoured by large scale producers for their ability to ship and store well. Strike is BCMV and NY15 resistant. Try growing Strike in larger containers like half barrels or even our garden pea and bean grow bags. Matures in 55 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Mascotte This AAS Winner is celebrated for its compact size and suitability for container growing. Even in a window box, this French filet bean will produce high yields of 13-15cm (5-6”) long pods that have excellent flavour and a crunchy texture. Mascotte bush bean seeds produce plants that are highly resistant to BCMV, Anthracnose, and halo blight. Matures in 50 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Carson bush bean seeds produce lovely, slim, flavourful, tender wax beans with a uniform butter-yellow colour. The pods grow to 14cm (5½”) long. Carson offers a reliable high yield, and has high resistance to Anthracnose and Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV), and intermediate resistance to bacterial brown spot. Matures in 56 days. (Open-pollinated seeds) Note: This product is PVP (Plant Variety Protected). This means that we can only sell the seeds with the understanding that they will not be grown out for sale. The edible crops can be sold, including bean seeds if they are intended as food. Home gardeners can save seed for themselves but not for selling.
The Tricolour Bean Blend is our best selling bush bean. It incorporates three varieties of bush beans that will produce purple, gold, and classic green beans. Because of the variety, the harvest window is extended over several weeks. The plants are not huge, so they will work well in larger containers such as half barrels or grow bags. Or try some in raised beds or your organic vegetable garden. Take summer meals to a new level with this novel blend of multi-coloured bush beans. The pods are easy to pick and lovely to look at in the garden. Matures in 52-60 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Royal Burgundy Round, stringless, dark purple pods grow 15cm (6”) long and are held off the ground by strong, upright plants. This high yielding variety is well suited to cooler soils. The richly flavoured pods turn green after cooking, which is helpful when blanching for freezing. Royal Burgundy bush bean seeds are buff coloured. The bushes are vigorous with erect growth and reach 38-52cm (15-20") in height. Royal Burgundy is resistant to bean beetles, and was developed at the University of New Hampshire. It grows extremely well in coastal gardens and areas that cool down at night. Matures in 60 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Masai French This French filet type bean has superb flavour. The tender, uniform, 10cm (4”) long beans are produced in abundant yields on tidy, upright plants. The plants’ petite size make them a good choice for containers. Masai bush bean is resistant to BCMV, and tolerant to Curly Top virus, bacterial brown spot, and halo blight. The beans are produced in a concentrated set on the upper half of the plants, so they are easy to see and harvest. Try some in the balcony vegetable garden or community plot. Matures in 55 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Gold Rush Yellow Glorious flavour and crisp texture make Gold Rush bush bean seeds a great choice for pickling and freezing. The beans are bright yellow with green tips. They are borne in clusters around the stem which makes them easy to pick. The stringless pods are perfect at 10-12cm (4-5”) long. The medium sized bush plants are resistant to BCMV and tolerant of root rot. Wax beans have a pleasant, mild flavour and make a lovely change from regular green beans. Matures in 58 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Campo di Fiori These big beans have big flavour. The 15cm (6”) pods are broad, flat, stringless, and medium green. The intense flavour of these Italian beans remains even after canning and processing. Or enjoy them straight out of the garden when they are sweet and crisp. Romano beans typically grow on tall vines that need to be supported by canes or trellises. Campo di Fiori Romano bean seeds produce tidy (determinate) bush bean plants that have a shorter harvest window. That is, the beans will all come at once during a two to three week period. The trade off is the convenience of smaller bush plants that will produce well in large containers. Matures in 58 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Jade These tender gourmet beans are refined and straight, with rich flavour. The medium dark green, round pods grow 13-18cm (5-7”) long. They have a longer set period with consistent quality, later into the season than other varieties. It is resistant to BCMV, rust, and curly top. The pods are held off the ground by stout branches. Jade bush bean seeds needs warmer soil to sprout, so delay planting until well after the last frost date. This variety produces beans later in the season than other varieties, and makes an excellent second harvest crop. If growing in large containers or grow bags, be sure to provide ample irrigation so that the plants do not dry out to the point of wilting. Jade bush bean seeds are white. Matures in 60 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
Maxibel Filet Organic CERTIFIED ORGANIC! Maxibel is unsurpassed in flavour and great for fresh market gardeners. Straight, dark-green filet bean pods are stringless and about 18cm (7") long on sturdy bush plants. Maxibel Filet Organic bush bean seeds produce plants that yield in a huge but concentrated harvest. This is an excellent choice for multiple spring sowings - stagger planting times and sow short rows every two to three weeks. This will result in a much longer harvest window. Try growing Maxibel bush beans in larger containers like half barrels or grow bags in urban settings. They work very well in raised beds, too. Matures in 55 days. (Open-pollinated seeds)
