Description

Bean Japanese Cherry
Phaseolus vulgaris

Dry bean. Climbing plant, needs a 1.50-metre stake. Small, round, dark purple-red berries. Excellent dry or semi-dry. Small green pods, rapidly turning pale yellow with a hint of pink at the semi-dry stage. Very productive. Old variety known since 1860.

Full sun, well drained soil. Direct sowing after the last frost or indoor sowing 10 days before. 2 cm deep. 15 cm between plants.

Germination: 99% in December 2025
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

Note
Found in 2024 on the De Tuinen Van Weldadigheid website in the Netherlands. We found it there only because they are the only ones to call it by its French name.

The seeds are slightly larger and darker than Coco rose de la Meuse and smaller than True Red Cranberry. Described almost everywhere as having yellow pods. This is a strange piece of information: when young, they are green. They turn yellow at the semi-dry stage, like all beans. The pods fade as they mature, turning beige when dry.

Its German name is Steirische Kirschbohne. It is more easily found under this name in Europe than under the French name.

Often confused with the Coco Rose de la Meuse bean.