Pole beans can be grown up trellises, on simple netting held up with wooden stakes, along chain-link fences, or on bamboo pole tripods. Unlike bush beans which bear their crops all at once, pole beans will provide a gardener with their bounty for weeks on end. They range in shape, form and taste from yard-long Asian varieties to purple flushed pods and an array of heirloom varieties.

Beans are best planted as seeds directly into the garden. It is ideal to inoculate the seeds with a beneficial bacteria which helps germination by providing the seeds with an ability to fix nitrogen in the soil. Some of our favorite pole bean varieties are: ‘Kentucky Blue', ‘Marvel of Venice', and "Trionfo Violetto'.