Scarlet Runner Bean
- Botanical Name
- Phaseolus coccineus
- Hardiness
- Annual
- Height
- 8 to 20 feet
- Flowers
- Mid summer to frost: red
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Sow directly outdoors after danger of frost has passed
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Albus - white flowers
- Painted Lady - salmon, white flower
- Purple-Aztec - orange-red flower
- Sunset - salmon flowers
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