20 Scarlet Runner Bean Mix (Phaseolus Coccineus)Mix of Purple,Red ,White Flowers 20 Scarlet Runner Bean Mix (Phaseolus Coccineus)Mix of Purple,Red ,White Flowers Scarlet Runner Bean Mix (Phaseolus Coccineus Mix) - Every gardener should try growing Scarlet Runner Beans seeds. This unique plant is a decorative runner beans mix with colorful beans, three flower colors and edible young pods. Here are some very interesting facts about Phaseolus Coccineus Scarlet Runner: They are nutritious, good and healthy to eat Have a more distinctive flavor than French beans You can eat the fresh pods after cooking, or harvest seeds from older pods to cook as haricot beans They are often prolific croppers - with a freezer you can grow enough to last many months They easily grow in odd spaces amongst flowers, etc.. Scarlet Runner Beans also have attractive flowers Flat runner beans are not stocked fresh in small fruit and vegetable shops, or in tins or frozen packs Like other plants of the pea family this crop leaves your soil enriched in nitrogen How to Plant RUNNER BEAN Seeds Plant 4 inches apart at the base of poles or trellises in rows, 3-4 feet apart. At 60-80 F., they germinate in 8-16 days.