Scarlet Runner Bean Flowers
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Description/Taste
Scarlet runner bean flowers are bright scarlet blooms of the scarlet runner bean plant.
Seasons/Availability
Scarlet runner bean flowers are available from late summer to early winter.
Current Facts
Scarlet runner bean flowers are botanically classified as Phaseolus coccineus, and member of the Fabaceae family. The scarlet runner plant is a perennial vine with tuberous roots, though not typically treated as such within agricultural methods and cycles. There are nearly twenty different cultivars (man-made types) of scarlet runner bean, and all are known for the colorful seeds the pods produce. True to their name they are first and foremost known for their bright scarlet blooms, so much that in most seed catalogs they are listed under “ornamental”, “flowers”, or “hummingbird plants” rather than “beans.” Today the scarlet runner is mainly grown as an ornamental in the United States though it is available when in season from local farmers markets.
