Common names:
Common Bean
Snap Bean
Dry Bean

Also sold as:
  • Duchesse de Chambord

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Uses: Good as a cover crop
Edible Parts: Flowers
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ
Other info
Pollinators: Birds
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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