Calima Garden Bean Seeds

Description

Days to Maturity: 50 to 55

Bush Bean

Calima is a filet-type snap green bean from France that’s almost impossible to find outside of Europe. Early maturing, the plant sets clusters of pea-shaped buds that blossom into small flowers, followed by very straight and plump dark green podsabout 7 to 8 inches longwith unique, tender, coffee-colored seeds and excellent flavor. Good for fresh eating or canning.

A Phaseolus vulgaris variety, commonly called bush bean and bunch beans, Calima is a member of the Fabaceae family. Calima, an herbaceous tender annual, grows in a low, compact, self-supporting bush that stands erect, suitable for containers. For a continual, season-long harvest, succession plant every two weeks until about midsummer. Calima is an open-pollinated variety that produces seed that grows true to variety, ideal for seed saving.

Calima is easy to grow and virtually trouble free. The shallow-rooted pl