Description

Bean Plein le Panier
Phaseolus vulgaris

Dry bean. Climbing plant, need a 2 meters support. Burgundy-red beans spotted with beige, good flavor. The green beans are fibrous even when young. It is at its best when dry, and especially at fresh shell stage. Easy to shell. Very productive. 90 days to maturity.

An old French variety preserved by Russ Crow of ‘A Bean Collector’s Window’.

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

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

Note
Seeds of this bean were given to us in 2017 by Michel Lachaume. Unfortunately, they did not germinate. Every winter since, I’ve searched for seeds of this famous bean! And one morning in February 2024, on Tamara Clement’s Heritage Hobby Seed Ark site, we finally found it! We put it into production right away in the summer of 2024. We were surprised to find that it’s a climbing bean and that the quality and production of this bean is almost extraordinary. It makes you wonder why it’s been put on the back burner for so long.