Broad Beans – Variety: Crimson Flowered

Seed Supplier: Garden Organic – Heritage Seed Library or Thompson and Morgan ‘Crimson Flowered’.
Cost: £1.99 for 30 seeds

• 5 Weeks Crimson Flowered Broad Bean

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  From Spring Sowing in April

• Crimson Broad Beans in Bloom

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  These flowers brighten up the veg garden

• Closeup of Crimson Flowers

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  Very striking dark pink broad bean flowers

• Long Broad Bean Pods

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  Crimson Broad Beans

• Broad Bean Harvest July

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  Spring Sowing Broad Beans sown in April

Sowing Details

Sow: March to May.
Harvest: July.
Growing Requirements: Sow in Modules or direct into Raised Beds.
Soil Preparation: Add multipurpose compost before sowing.

Variety Features

Description: A compact hardy plant which is famous for its stunning red flowers.
Colour: Green pods, green beans.
Resistances: Resistant to Black Fly.
Special Characteristics: This is a heritage broad bean variety donated to the Heritage Seed Library in 1978. It has stunning dark red flowers and small green pods.
Height of Plant: Up to 1 metre or 3 feet.

Seedlings

No. of Weeks to Appear from Seed: 5 Weeks
After 5 Weeks: 2 inches high with 4 dark green leaves.

Other Blogs growing Crimson Flowered Broad Beans:

• Heritage Vegetable Review by Daughter Of The Soil
• Broad Beans in Pots by One Pot Pledge
• Crimson Flowered Broad Beans by In The Toad’s Garden
• Fava Seedlings by Skippy’s Vegetable Garden
• Crimson Flowered by Petunia’s Garden
• Broad Bean Pate by The Stripey Cat
• Variations on a theme of crimson by Purple Podded Peas

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