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🫘 Climbing French Bean 'Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco' Seeds (Phaseolus vulgaris)
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Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco is a traditional Italian heirloom climbing French bean, famous for its beautiful cream pods streaked with deep crimson and its striking pink-speckled beans. The tender young pods can be eaten fresh like French beans, while mature beans are perfect for drying, soups, stews and Italian cooking.
This vigorous climbing variety produces heavy crops over a long season and is ideal for vegetable gardens, allotments and kitchen gardens.
✔ Traditional Italian heirloom
✔ Beautiful crimson-speckled pods
✔ Delicious fresh or dried beans
✔ Heavy cropping climbing variety
✔ Excellent flavour
✔ Perfect for soups & stews
✔ Easy to grow
✔ Great for freezing and storing
• 50 Premium Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco Seeds
• Freshly packed for the current growing season
• Packed and sealed in a labelled pouch
• Full UK sowing instructions included
Sow indoors: April – May
Sow outdoors: May – July
Harvest fresh pods: July – September
Harvest mature beans: September – October
Height: 2–2.5 metres
Position: Full Sun
Soil: Fertile, moisture-retentive, well-drained soil
Sow seeds approximately 4–5cm deep in pots or directly into warm soil after the risk of frost has passed.
Provide strong canes, netting or a bean frame for plants to climb.
Harvest young pods regularly for fresh eating, or leave pods to mature fully before shelling the beautiful speckled beans for drying or cooking.
• Fresh French beans
• Italian cooking
• Soups
• Stews
• Cassoulet
• Freezing
• Drying
• Kitchen gardens
Borlotto beans grow particularly well alongside:
• Sweetcorn
• Squash
• Beetroot
• Radishes
• Marigolds
• Nasturtiums
These companions help attract pollinators and make productive use of space in vegetable gardens.
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