I have one trellis that always has ‘Scarlet Runner’ beans on it for the Hummingbirds. They just love the blossoms, and they’re good to eat in a salad, too! They even taste like a bean.
This year I am growing my favorite green pole bean ‘Saychelles’ and more ‘Good Mother Stollard’ which is a dry/soup bean. Brown and white speckled - very pretty. I grew it last year and now I am in love. :)
I didn’t know Hummers liked the scarlets. I’ll definitely plant a bunch. Thanks for the tip on the blossoms
Are either of those being types non-hybrid? I have some lake something or others in the basement, came with one of those seed packs for preppers.
Hummingbirds are good to eat in a salad? Wow!! Who knew?! And they taste like beans!
:-) :-)
Ok, ok, just kidding!! Or maybe I'm just jealous 'cause I had lousy luck with Scarlett Runners last year. Only one bean in the pack germinated, and then birds (I think) got most of the beans off that plant. :-(
The seeds came from Livingston (the main brand our Rural King carries) -- I messaged Livingston about the problem, never got a reply. Off brand beans did ok, so I'm not sure what went wrong.
I do have 11 decent Scarlett seeds (beans) from last year - will try again with them soon.