Beautiful heirloom beans with rich flavor and stunning color ❤️🌱
Vermont Cranberry Shell Beans produce creamy tan beans splashed with deep cranberry-red markings, making them just as beautiful as they are delicious. These productive heirloom bush beans are easy to grow and perfect for soups, stews, shell beans, and drying for storage.
The plants produce heavy yields of colorful pods that mature into tender, flavorful beans with a rich, creamy texture. A favorite for homestead gardens, kitchen gardens, and heirloom seed collections.
🌿 Plant Details
25 seeds
- Type: Heirloom Bush Bean
- Variety: Vermont Cranberry Shell Bean
- Growth Habit: Bush
- Pod Color: Green with red streaking as mature
- Bean Color: Cream with cranberry speckles
- Days to Harvest: 70–90 days
- Sun: Full sun
- Height: 18–24 inches
- Plant Spacing: 4–6 inches
🌱 Growing Info
- Direct sow after danger of frost
- Plant seeds 1 inch deep
- Germination: 7–10 days
- Prefers warm soil and full sun
- Water consistently during flowering
- Harvest young pods fresh or allow pods to dry for shell beans
- Excellent for drying and long-term storage
❤️ Why You’ll Love It
- Gorgeous cranberry-speckled heirloom beans
- Rich, creamy flavor perfect for soups & stews
- Productive and easy to grow
- Great for homestead gardens 🌾
- Bush habit = compact & beginner friendly
- Excellent fresh, shelled, or dried
