Royalty Purple Pod Bush

This has become my new favorite bean! They are very easy to grow. I planted 12 seeds and only 2 did not sprout. The plants grow in a perfect compact bush, Great for little home gardens! They were very fruitful. Not stringy at all! They have a wonderful flavor! They turn green when cooked.

Taste, productivity, and beauty are the three things I look for when choosing seeds. The royalty purple bean encompasses all three. Very easy and a fast grower. This bean does not require a trellis but a little support will produce a higher yield. They taste great, are fun to cook, and they are quite exquisite in the garden; a real conversation piece. I love the fact that you cannot miss the pods when harvesting because they are a rich purple color and the blossoms are a lovely lilac. My number one factor is I can grow these for an extended season because they love milder weather as well as moderate heat. I grow starting in April to October in zone 6b.

Very unique looking beans. The flavor is amazing raw or cooked. Highly recommended.

We have grown these a few years and probably always will based on the beauty of the purple blooms (most beans I have seen have white blooms) and the unbelievably pretty, uniformly-straight purple pods that are totally green inside. They are juicy and sweet, with a nice early old-style flavor like when you worked the bean field with Grandma, but without the stringy, hard pods. I know about green beans, and these purple-skinned treasures are even better than Grandma's. Unfortunately, the deer seem to love them, but our plot did provide protection for the rest of our garden, if anything else. When pickled or cooked, they turn bright green, which is fun for kids... if any make it in the house...

They must like our soil because these beans have been highly productive for us, though the plants do wither after producing. I love how they change color when cooked, so you know when they're done.