My absolute favourite! I can recommend it. Prolific! Also first of the 3 types to produce. The witsa and French lazy housewife followed.

By far the best pole bean I have planted thus far. When given the opportunity, it's grown over 4 metres tall and still going (up and over a car port frame) in one case. Wherever I planted this one, it grew well, and outgrew every other bean by a mile. The yields are the best I've seen, and it even grew well in mostly clay soil at a community garden. People love the uniqueness of the colour. When young, they are great to snack on fresh. We're keeping the majority of ours for dried beans this season. Winner and will keep planting every season!

The seeds in the picture are brown. Those in my packets are white. I got purple beans with lovely pinkish/purple flowers which taste good and produce well. I planted some seeds I harvested now and they are coming up nicely so I have another batch coming up.

One of my favourites. Tasty, bears well. Had some problems with disease on leaves in first batch but improved after treatment. May have planted to early for our area. Replanted a few seeds from that first batch and they came up in 4 days. Look lovely in the garden

My first try. Doing well in East London winter. Love the pretty flowers and purple pods. Seeing forward to what they will do in the summer!