Heirloom Seeds . A hummingbird favorite. Scarlet red flowers stand out against the green heart-shaped foliage. Rapid growers, they quickly run up a trellis or twine support.
Beans are edible and especially good when young.
Keep the bean pods picked for continuous blossoms. Sow in fertile soil, rich in humus as soon as the soil warms up in the spring. This is one of the kidney-shaped beans traditionally planted in hills among the field corn and squash. This Wampanoag method of companion planting yields three crops in the same space. This heirloom is an early garden variety of the white carrot commonly found in Elizabethan Gardens.