The best varieties of ornamental climbing beans: planting and care

Beans

Climbing bean varieties easily climb to any height, decorating fences, gazebos, arches, terraces, balconies, columns, and house walls. This ornamental perennial plant is a herbaceous vine. Its greenery and flowers are used as landscaping elements, and the beans are used in cooking.

Characteristics of ornamental beans

Climbing beans grow quickly, sometimes reaching over 5-6 meters in height. Legumes are heat-loving plants, so they thrive in sunny locations. Beans have pinnate leaves with stipules. Flowers are borne in axillary racemes, and the pods are bivalved. Popular varieties in our country include fiery red, red-flowered, and purple climbing beans.

Beans enrich the soil with nitrogen, so potatoes planted next to them will produce a good harvest. The plants protect potatoes from late blight. The green parts of beans are used for compost and fertilizer, and they are also used in culinary recipes.

Benefits of green beans:

growing rapidly;
easy to care for;
many varieties of different colors and shapes;
blooms for a long time, maintaining its attractiveness;
creation of fertilizer from plants;
enriches the soil with nitrogen.

Is this a food crop or just a flower crop?

This is both a food crop and a flower crop. All beans are edible, except for the purple variety. Ornamental beans are edible; they contain zinc, magnesium, iron, chromium, calcium, protein, fiber, carbohydrates, and vitamins. 100 g of product contains 26 kcal.

There are two types of pole beans: pole beans and pole beans. The pole beans have a parchment-like inner layer, located between the beans. The pods grow hard and are not eaten.

Sweet green beans have soft, tender pods that are eaten unripe. The pods are juicy, crisp, and sweet. Ripe beans are used for planting beans and preparing various dishes. The seeds are smaller than those of grain varieties.

Popular varieties of garden beans

The seeds are purple only when raw. After cooking, the purple color changes to green. In addition to the grain and sugar varieties, there are varieties of semi-sweet beans. When young, they are used like asparagus beans, and when mature, they are used as shelling beans.

The best varieties of climbing beans

Name of the variety	Ripening time in days	Characteristics	Pods
Bluehilda beans	92-109, late ripening	Beans, climbing, purple, long flowering, 4 m tall vine	The length of the blades is 15-25 cm, purple in color, after heat treatment they become green, the seeds are large
Fire Whirlwind	60-70, mid-early variety	Height 3 m, many trifoliate leaves, flowers are scarlet and white, loves shade	The shoulder blades are green and long.
Grain beans Violet	65-75	Shelling variety, height 1.8-2.6 m, delicate purple flowers, purple grains, frost-resistant	Pink-lilac pods up to 20 cm long
Winner Beans	80-90	Does not tolerate frost, length 2-3 m, small flowers, blooms June-September, semi-sweet type	Long, wide pods up to 30 cm, green in color, contain 4-10 purple seeds
Purple Queen Beans	51-56, mid-early variety	Purple flowers, plant length 1.6 m, white seeds, abundant fruiting	The pods are tubular, 13-18 cm long, dark purple in color.
Spanish white beans	65-80	3-4 m tall, white flowers, largest beans among shelling varieties, white fruits.	The pods are green, thick, inedible, 3-4 fruits in one pod, 13 cm long.
Green Giant Beans	55-60	Climbing asparagus beans, a high-yielding variety, plant length 3-4 m	Bright green pods 20-22 cm long, 2.5 cm wide.
Borlotto beans	54-63	An Italian variety, vine 3-3.5 m, scarlet flowers, have a nutty flavor.	The green pods have a red marble pattern, are up to 14 cm long, and contain 4-5 seeds per pod.
Beans of the Vigna variety	100-125	A productive variety, 1.5-4 m tall, with up to 3 kg of fruit per bush. The flowers are yellow-brown during the day and purple at night.	Pods 1 m long, bright green
Golden Nectar climbing beans	65-70	The plant height is 3-4 m, asparagus type, young pods are used for dishes	The shoulder blades are golden-yellow, up to 25 cm long.
Dolichos	80-90	Hyacinth beans are eaten, used as green manure, and fed to livestock. Height: 4 m. Leaves come in various shades. Flowers are pink, white, and crimson.	The pods are purple, 5-6 cm, burgundy, purple with 2-4 black grains

Sowing ornamental beans for seedlings

The seedling method is necessary for late-ripening varieties. Growing beans with a 120-day growing season requires all summer; the beans may not ripen before frost, and flowering may occur in August. To speed up the ripening process, beans are planted from seedlings.

The method isn't simple, as this vegetable doesn't like being transplanted. To do this, the seeds are planted directly in peat pots to avoid disturbing the roots, and the plant is transferred to the ground along with the pot. The seedlings are kept indoors for about a month. Sowing begins in early April, with planting timing depending on the growing region and the variety's growing season. In the southern regions, seeds are sown for seedlings in March, while in the northern part of the country, it's at the end of April.

Sowing rules:

select large, undamaged fruits without signs of mold;
soak the grains in water on a cloth for 12-24 hours until they swell;
the seeds are dipped in a manganese solution for 30 minutes;
A soil mixture of turf and sand in a ratio of 2:1 is poured into individual peat pots, 150 g of ash is added per bucket of the mixture;
water the soil;
plant the seeds 2 cm deep into the soil, 2 seeds per pot (if both sprout, transplant into another container);
room temperature 18-21 degrees until the beans germinate;
after the sprouts appear, on the 4th day, reduce the temperature to 16 degrees;
The bushes are not pruned or pinched, and are not fed for the first month, only watered as the soil dries out.

Attention!

Instead of peat pots, you can use large peat tablets.

Planting seedlings in a garden bed

After a month, when 2-4 leaves appear, the seedlings are transferred to the garden. Five days before planting, the bushes are left in the fresh air for 2 hours to harden off, acclimating them to the outside environment.

Planting decorative climbing plants

Ornamental legumes with early and mid-early maturing periods are planted from seeds in open soil. Bean cultivation begins with the onset of warm weather.

Planting dates

Sowing season begins with the warming of the soil and the onset of stable warmth. Cold nights will inhibit plant growth and development. Seeds begin to germinate when the soil temperature exceeds 10 degrees Celsius; if the nighttime temperature drops to 1 degree Celsius, the seeds may not germinate at all.

In the central regions, beans are sown in mid-May, in the north – in early June, and in the south, planting occurs in April, after the 15th. The optimal temperature for beans is considered to be 19-24 degrees Celsius.

Attention!

A rough guideline for planting beans is to sow cucumber seeds in open ground; they are also afraid of frost.

Decorative climbing beans: planting and care

For planting, warm, light, loose soil is needed, preferably without clay. If groundwater is close to the surface, a raised bed is created. Direct planting in the ground eliminates the need to transplant fragile seedlings, which can be damaged, broken, or unable to adapt to the outside environment.

Sequence of planting seeds:

soak the grains in warm water for 24 hours;
place the seeds in a solution of potassium permanganate for 25 minutes;
spread the fruits on a towel to dry;
make 1.5 cm deep holes in the ground at a distance of 30 cm, 40-50 cm between rows, water;
put 2 grains in one hole;
cover with a layer of soil, water;
mulch the soil with straw, sawdust, and dry grass.

The soil temperature should be at least 13-14 degrees Celsius. A support is installed next to each hole, and a string or rope is stretched taut to ensure the vine doesn't trail along the ground, but rather beautifully entwines itself around the support.

Caring for ornamental beans

Caring for beans is easy. Seedlings require warm weather, at least 18 degrees Celsius. If nights are cold, cover the seedlings with plastic. Mature plants tolerate minor temperature fluctuations and can easily withstand temperatures down to 5-6 degrees Celsius.

How to water beans

Beans are watered with warm, settled water. You can fill a container with water and leave it in the sun to warm up. In the evening, you can water the seedlings with this water from a watering can at the roots or pour it between the rows. Avoid watering from a bucket or splashing the liquid on the foliage.

During hot weather, increase watering to 2-3 times a week. Frequent watering will cause fungal diseases. During rainy periods, no additional irrigation is required. It's best to water the plants as the soil dries out.

Important!

Water should not contain chlorine, as it has a negative effect on plant growth.

Top dressing

After planting, when three leaves have appeared, apply superphosphate at a rate of 20 g per square meter and 1 g of urea. When buds are forming, add potassium at a rate of 15 g per square meter. Liquid fertilizers should be applied carefully, avoiding contact with green parts of the plant. Dry fertilizers can be scattered around the bushes; they will be absorbed into the soil after watering.

Before fertilizing, water the plants, applying the fertilizer simultaneously with watering. Dilute all fertilizers according to the instructions. Nitrogen fertilizers are needed if beans are grown not for their flowers and seeds, but for their lush, green foliage. Don't forget to weed between the rows twice a month.

Garter

The support for legumes must be sturdy and not break under the weight of the stems. The length of the tie depends on the bean variety; there are hybrids up to 1 m tall and climbing varieties over 4 m long. Wire, rope, or mesh can be used. Posts 1.5-2 m high are installed. If the plants will be climbing a wooden lattice fence or a gazebo, the structure itself will serve as support. If the gazebo doesn't have enough supports, additional ties are added.

Don't use metal or plastic poles. The stems will slide across the surface and won't be able to gain a grip or climb up this material.

After harvesting, the greens will last until frost. The pods are collected, dried, and the seeds are removed. After drying, they are placed in paper bags for store in a dry place all winterOrnamental bean varieties are propagated by seeds and seedlings.