Varieties
Varieties of Broad bean
Which variety suits you depends on site, space and taste. Here are the Broad bean varieties with their particulars.
- ‘Aquadulce’You can plant ‚Aquadulce’ in mild climates as early as October or November, and it will give you the first harvests especially early in May.
- ‘Dreifache Weiße’You will find ‚Dreifache Weiße’, a traditional, white‑seeded variety with large, flat seeds and very wide pods.
- ‘Hangdown Grünkernig’A robust heirloom variety that owes its name to the downward hanging pods.
- ‘Witkiem Manita’One of the most reliable early varieties for the home garden: Witkiem Manita grows away briskly after sowing and delivers the first fat pods as early as June.
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