Botanical illustration of Scarlet Runner Bean
🎨 AI-generated botanical illustration
Home / Vegetables / Scarlet Runner Bean

🥕 Scarlet Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus
vegetables perennial vine (annual in cold)
☀️ Sun
full sun
💧 Water
moderate
🗺️ Zones
[7,8,9,10,11]
🧪 Soil pH
6.0-7.5
🪴 Soil Type
well-drained, rich
📏 Spacing
6-8 inches
📐 Height
climbing 8-15 ft
⏱️ Maturity
65-75 days (young pods); 90-100 (dry beans)

🤝 Companions (6)

🤝 Corn
Three sisters; beans climb corn
🤝 Squash
Squash shades soil beneath climbing beans
🤝 Sunflower
Living trellis for runner beans; hummingbirds pollinate both
🤝 Sunflower
Living trellis for runner beans
🤝 corn
Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators
🤝 squash
Attracts beneficial insects and pollinators

⚠️ Keep Apart (1)

⚠️ onion/garlic/allium
Alliums inhibit bean growth and nitrogen fixation

📝 Growing Notes

Three crops in one: a vegetable (young pods), a protein (dried beans), and a flower (scarlet blooms that hummingbirds fight over). More cold-tolerant than common beans — can be planted earlier. The dried beans are stunning — purple-black with magenta speckles.

🛒 Buy Seeds & Plants

Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds Johnny's Selected Seeds Botanical Interests True Leaf Market Burpee Territorial Seed Company

Plot Buddies is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. This does not affect our plant recommendations — we only link to retailers we trust.