With snap beans, you can eat the pod and the bean and often have a choice of pole and bush beans. Don’t forget that beans are part of the legume plant family.
Seed Ideas:
The following are some seed ideas from Botanical Interests:
Blue Lake – Pole or Bush – this is the classic green bean
Kentucky Wonder – Pole – known for tender pods
French Filet – Bush – the bean pods grow very thin and long.
Seychelles – Pole – this variety is supposed to be resistant to common bean mosaic virus.
The following two snap beans have purple pods:
Trionfo Violetto – Pole – this one has purple pods and flowers.
Royal Burgundy – Bush
The following are long bean varieties from Rare Seeds
Chinese Green Noodle – Pole
Chinese Red Noodle – Pole
Thai Soldier – Bush – the pods are green streaked with a reddish brown color.
Some other choices from Rare Seeds:
Beurre De Rocquencourt – Bush – yellow wax bean .
Red Swan – Bush – red pods and pink flowerw
Odeon – Bush
