Runner Bean 'Scarlet Runner' (Phaseolus coccineus)

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 03, 2005

Runner Bean 'Scarlet Runner'
Phaseolus coccineus

In flower now

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Juli64 Victorville, CA Jan 18, 2005

Have you tried this scarlet runner bean in your home garden yet? I wonder if it is the same one offered by Burppee's Catalog.
http://www.burpee.com/shopping/product/detailmain.jsp?itemID=1592&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=13&iSubCat=215&iProductID=1592&iSubSubCat=1918

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 18, 2005

I have grown it for a couple of years. It is a favorite here in NZ . In winter here they die back, but come away in the spring .

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cherishlife Pocola, OK(Zone 7a) Jan 19, 2005

bootandall, what's the average lowest temp you folks get in NZ, do you know?

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 19, 2005

I don't know, can't find the right info. We do get frosts, sometimes down to -5 C .
No permafrosts in Blenheim. Hope that's enough info.

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cherishlife Pocola, OK(Zone 7a) Jan 19, 2005

Yes, it is enough. Thank you!

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Juli64 Victorville, CA Jan 20, 2005

Thanks for your info. I've decided to try them and will order them thru Burpees catalog. I have a wonderful abundance of hummingbird's and I think it will bring my two passions together; gardening and the hummers.
Thanks!

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 20, 2005

good luck with them

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Juli64 Victorville, CA Jan 21, 2005

I'm getting a little confused with the "hardiness zones" though. I have always been told that we are zone 8 but if you look on the USDA Plant Hardiness zone map we are a 10a. The Burpee seed catalog says we are in zone 8 also. Any ideas on that?

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 21, 2005

I almost think, we might be around zone 8 here, going by what grows . we don't seem to have zones here, if we do I can not find them.

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Jan 22, 2005

That's an attractive orange hue for the flowers...I tried growing this species and mites took out the plants. So sad.

Joseph

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 23, 2005

that is a shame, no mites here so far, But I have noticed heaps of woolly aphides on the raspberries

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Juli64 Victorville, CA Jan 23, 2005

I can't believe I found the seeds at our local H&E garden /home store! They are Lilly Miller brand which is part of Ferry-Morse co. Did you start them indoors first?

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bootandall Blenheim, New Zealand Jan 23, 2005

Glad you found the seeds close to home.
Plant the seed where you want them to grow. If you have frosts wait till there over.

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Juli64 Victorville, CA Jan 24, 2005

Thanks!

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