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Climbing French BeanWilliams' Tiger Bean
Originally passed to our donor's sister by a friend who had in turn been given them in the late 1960s by a retired British War Graves Commission gardener. Produces vigorous, very tall plants - up t...
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Cress (garden)Grandpa's
Our donor passed this cress to us as it had been grown in his family for at least three generations. He says: “It germinates easily and produces a crop in only a few weeks.” A broad, serrated-leave...
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DudiTower Hamlets
Donated by Lutfun Hussain of Spitalfields City Farm, this is one of the earliest flowering and most reliably productive dudis; it is also very vigorous and can spread to 10m easily. Ideally, provid...
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Dwarf French BeanBlack Canterbury
A prolific and vigorous variety, producing bushy plants and pretty lilac flowers. These are followed by flat, slightly curved green pods, some of which develop pink patterning as they age. Eat the ...
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Dwarf French BeanBlack Coco
This French heirloom variety produces compact, bushy plants that display both drought and cold tolerance. Dark lilac flowers are followed by pencil pods: crisp and tasty when eaten whole and as pod...
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Dwarf French BeanBrighstone
When this variety was donated to HSL it came with an interesting story. It takes its name from a village in West Wight, which has a history of shipwrecks on its dangerous shore. The story goes that...
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Out of stockDwarf French BeanHopi Black
Named after the Hopi people, a Native American tribe of north-east Arizona who used the beans both for food and as a dye. The compact (35-50cm) but prolific plants produce dark lilac flowers follow...
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Out of stockDwarf French BeanHundreds And Thousands
Our donor obtained these seeds from a seed swap in Llandiloes, however, they are thought to have originally come from Ukraine. They produce pale pink/lilac flowers and flat, green pods which bulge ...
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Dwarf French BeanHungarian Butter
Thought to date back to around 1890, our donor passed this variety to HSL after acquiring seeds from a friend's Hungarian husband. His family used them dried throughout winter, but when young the p...
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Dwarf French BeanHutterite Soup
This hardy heirloom variety is said to have originated with the Hutterites, an Austrian religious sect lead by Joseph Hutter that settled in the Dakota Territory, USA, in the 1780s. Can be eaten fr...
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Dwarf French BeanMagpie
A rare heirloom introduced from France in 1913 by Carters Seed Company. This is a late variety, producing strong plants with white flowers and a good yield of slim pencil pods. These are best eaten...
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Out of stockDwarf French BeanParfree's Dragon Tongue
Colin Parfree obtained this variety from his neighbour, who had been given them by a friend who travelled extensively in China - where they're thought to have originated. Compact, sturdy plants pro...