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'Sunset Runner' Beans
 
Sub-Category: Pole
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Description: Runner bean with salmon-pink flowers and short pods. Harvest throughout the season.
Days To Maturity: 60
Seed Sources: Seed Savers Exchange - updated in 2014

 
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Overall: (3.7 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.3 Stars)Taste
Yield: (3.3 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.0 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 11/25/2014 by Martin 2 - An intermediate gardener

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Cortland, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Three- to six-feet tall runner bean vines with beautiful peach-colored flowers. Not quite as prolific as Scarlet Runners. Large flat beans remain tender even if allowed to grow large, but don't have as much flavor as the Scarlet Runners.
 
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Reviewed on 08/06/2014 by dmk - A novice gardener

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Schenectady, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Not Sure
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

Very ornate plants. Beautiful pink flowers.
 

Reviewed on 06/27/2012 by Zeedman - An experienced gardener

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Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Runner beans are poorly adapted here due to the rapid onset of summer heat; while pods form, they are generally short & contain few seeds. I grow them mostly for dry seed, and for their ornamental blossoms. Sunset has very attractive pink flowers, worth growing for that alone. I sampled the young pods both raw and cooked, and they were sweet & tender... but other varieties surpass it for yield. Best used as an edible ornamental.
 
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