Description

Bean ‘Brown Beauty’ is a popular variety of heirloom French bean. It is an annual bush bean variety and may need staking. The green pods grow up to 15cm long. The seeds are brown when mature. This variety has excellent flavour and good yields. Brown Beauty responds well to late planting, right up until February. Harvest often for longer cropping. Cut the bean, do not pull or the plant may be damaged.
Brown Beauty beans are a species of Phaseolus vulgaris, which includes string, green, snap, French (haricot) and kidney beans. If growing for seed collection, check the Latin name of the beans you are about to plant: all varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris have the potential to cross-pollinate with each other. They will, however, not cross-pollinate with snake beans, runner beans, lima beans, soybeans or lablab beans, so feel free to grow these other types of beans near your green bean of choice.