Scarlet Runner

Scarlet Runner Bean
Scientific Name: Phaseolus coccineus L.
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Family: Fabaceae ...

Scarlet Runner Beans are easy to grow. Grow Scarlet Runner Bean in full sun. Plants prefer a rich, soil. Adding compost prior to planting, will help them to grow quickly to their full potential.

Scarlet runner bean is one of the older runner beans native to North America and cultivated for its edible and ornamental properties. I grow it for many reasons--mainly to feed hummingbirds and myself. In addition, the plant sets nitrogen in the soil.

Scarlet Runner Beans are notable among the world's many beans for several reasons. Unlike most beans the plant is perennial, albeit it is usually killed to the ground --or totally-- by winter frosts.

Scarlet runner beans have been grown in the United States since frontier days. Here scarlet runner beans grow along the kitchen garden fence at the Pioneer Farm Museum in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park.

Scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus). 15 feet. Edible bean grown mainly as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers (which attract hummingbirds, especially 'Scarlet Bees') and buff- to red-mottled black seedpods.

Scarlet Runner Bean
(Phaseolus coccineus)
10 feet
Fast-growing vine produces clusters of brilliant red flowers and edible beans.

Buton Scarlet Runner Bean ( Phaseolus coccineus )
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Runner Bean [English]: Phaseolus coccineus 'Granny's Scarlet Runner'
Runner Bean [English]: Phaseolus coccineus 'Heike's German'
Runner Bean [English]: Phaseolus coccineus 'Hungarian Red'
Runner Bean [English]: Phaseolus coccineus 'Ivanhoe' ...

The plant has a climbing habit like the scarlet runner, and attains a height of about 50 ft. with a stem an inch or two in thickness. The seed pods, which contain two or three seeds or beans, are 6 or 7 in.

You also might want to consider nasturtium, scarlet runner bean, hyacinth bean, sweet potato vine, hops and morning glory.
Whatever the intended use or location, there's an annual vine to suit your situation.

Phaseolus coccinea (scarlet runner bean): Delicate scarlet flowers and the bonus of edible pods provides a dense leafy screen.

In America, difficulties in the cultivation of Belladonna have been overcome by interspersing plants with rows of scarlet runners, which, shading the herb, cause it to grow rapidly.

Roses (Wild roses are the best; remove the lower part of the petal to reduce bitterness.) Nasturtium Calendula Borage (a good blue color) Dianthus/Pinks Open pollinated Broccoli Radish (white, pink, lavender) Squash Purple Podded Pea Scarlet Runner ...

Scarlet Runner Bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens 'Red Hot Sally')
Scarlet Sage (Salvia splendens)
Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera brownii 'Dropmore Scarlet')
Scarlet Trumpet Vine (Distictis buccinatoria) ...

The scarlet runner (P. multiflorus), grown in Europe for food, is mainly an ornamental vine in North America.

See also: Bean, Runner bean, Scarlet runner bean, Vine, Green