Tender Pod bean
Phaseolus vulgaris 'Tender Pod'
AAS Winner 1941
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds moderate soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Climbing
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
Garden uses
Notes
'Tender Pod' bean (Phaseolus vulgaris 'Tender Pod') is a vegetable for the food garden. It is typically grown as an annual. It is not cold-hardy and will not survive freezing temperatures. This plant likes full sun and average moisture. It is a climbing plant with rapid growth, so give it a trellis or poles to climb. It blooms in spring and summer.
Pairs well with Lemon cucumber, Cherry Belle radish, Fernleaf dill, and Lizzano F1 tomato.