PlantsVegetables & Roots
Bush Bean
Phaseolus vulgaris
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Fast summer bean for succession sowing
EasyVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 4–6 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Pods Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Direct sow. Do not transplant.
- When to plant
- Sow mid-May, and again in late June for a second pick.
In the design
Skip soaking the seed in cold May soil. It rots.
If you eat it
Young pods or shelled dry beans
Eat cooked. Raw and undercooked beans can upset a stomach.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
