Bean, Shell Coco-Rubico Bush

Sun Exposure: full sun Level of Care: easy

A must for specialty growers and home gardeners, this colorful bush bean from France is versatile as well as delicious. Harvest when young for tasty green snap beans, or let seeds form until they are plump and light green for tender shell beans that can be used like limas. Excellent quality fresh or frozen. As the beans dry they become attractively mottled with bright rose-red. The dry beans can be shelled and stored in airtight containers for nourishing, high protein winter meals. Days to maturity: 60. Seeds per packet: 1.75 oz. Seeds per ounce: 60-75.