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Phaseolus coccineus
Large and showy flowers make this an attractive garden plant. The large pods can be eaten as green beans or you can use the beans dried. Not suitable for low desert.
Plant 1 inch deep and 6 inches apart in the Spring after danger of frost is past. Plants can be bush or produce long vines which need to be trellised. Flowers may drop with no pod set if daytime temperatures are too high.
An annual that is insect pollinated, so varieties will cross. Harvest dried pods throughout the growing season.