Vegetable Starts
Beans 'Kentucky Blue' (Pole)
Phaseolus vulgaris 'Kentucky Blue' (Kentucky Wonder x Blue Lake)
Also known as Kentucky Blue Pole Bean
Size
Available at our Langlois nursery
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About This Plant
Beans 'Kentucky Blue' (Pole), 'Kentucky Blue', is valued in PNW gardens for its character and seasonal interest.
A productive edible vegetable start, ready to transplant into the garden after the last frost (or sooner for cool-season crops).
Full sun suits this plant. Plant in moist, well-drained, fertile soil. Hardy USDA Zone annual. Provide consistent moisture and rich soil. Most are heavy feeders. Watch for typical garden pests like cutworms, aphids, and slugs.
Plant Details
- Botanical
- Phaseolus vulgaris 'Kentucky Blue' (Kentucky Wonder x Blue Lake)
- Common name
- Kentucky Blue Pole Bean
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Mature size
- 6-8 ft climbing tall × 6-8 in wide
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Bloom time
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Blue
- Foliage color
- Green
- Harvest
- Late summer
- Days to maturity
- 60-65 days
- Seed type
- Open-pollinated
Care Notes
Garden Attributes
- Pacific NW native
- Deer resistant
- Coastal suitable
- Grown organically
- Pollinator value: Bees
- Wildlife: Pollinator support
- 🌱 Edible: Seeds
- Cook before eating; raw beans contain phasin.
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