Embrace the essence of a British summer in your garden with our runner bean seeds, perfect for adding both flavor and beauty to your outdoor space.
These seeds are a staple in UK gardens, known for their ease of cultivation and heavy cropping nature. Runner beans are not only a delightful addition to your Sunday dinner but also a visually stunning plant with their colorful flowers.
Ideal for gardeners of all levels, they require minimal care but offer maximum yield, ensuring a continuous supply of fresh beans that can be frozen for winter.
Our variety of runner bean seeds will bring both culinary joy and a touch of summer charm to your garden, whether you have a sprawling backyard or a modest balcony setup.
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50 Seeds per packet
High Yield & Stringless
One of the most beautiful runner beans on the market, Butlers will grace your garden with a host of scarlet flowers. Although some people use this variety strictly as an ornamental, Butler runner beans are excellent-tasting green beans, providing the summer gardener with abundant, stringless ...
30 Seeds per packet
Perfect for hot Summers
Firestorm is a new variety of runner beans, bred to be self-fertile, sweet and stringless. It’s scarlet flowers will liven up any vegetable or flower garden, and it’s self-pollinating ability will ensure a crop even during a drought. Bonus: the flowers are edible, too!
50 Seeds per packet
Try and grow the longest bean!
This runner bean produces some of the longest, most beautiful pods of any British bean plant with a superb flavour to match.
30 Seeds per packet
High Yield & Stringless
An outstanding scarlet-flowered runner bean that produces wonderfully fleshy, stringless beans.
50 Seeds per packet
Smooth pods, will freeze very well.
Super early crop for a runner bean, an old variety produced long heavy runner beans.
50 Seeds per packet
Very popular homegrown variety
A tall uniform growing plant. Bright red flowers can be found on the plant before riping making it very popular with home growers!
30 Seeds per packet
Perfect for small spaces
A small dwarf runner bean, perfect for small spaces and limited areas.
How do you grow runner beans from seeds? Growing runner beans from seeds is straightforward. Plant the seeds in a sunny spot after the risk of frost has passed, providing sturdy support like bamboo poles for climbing. Regular watering and harvesting encourage more beans to grow, leading to a bountiful crop.
Can runner beans be frozen for winter use? Yes, runner beans can be easily picked, cleaned, and frozen, making them a convenient vegetable to store for winter. Freezing preserves their flavor and nutritional value, ensuring a supply of home-grown beans well into the colder months.
Are runner beans suitable for small gardens or containers? Runner beans are versatile and can be grown in small gardens or containers, as long as they have enough vertical space to climb. They are an excellent choice for gardens with limited horizontal space but sufficient vertical support.
Sowing Runner Beans
Start sowing during April in modules or a root trainer once grown with tall broad leaves transplant out into a sunny location. Runner beans will require a decent bean pole to climb or plenty of jute netting you will need the structure to be at least 6ft in height 8ft is perfect!
Runner beans can be grown in pots, tubs, any back garden or an allotment site. They will happily climb up a garden trellis, or any bamboo frame from A-frames to Wigwams!
Find out more about growing runner beans from seed with your runner bean grow guide
