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Old 17-09-2014, 08:22 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Celebration, isn't that the one with peach coloured flowers, we
grew that
a few years ago, good cropper, grew well. The Boss prefers white
flowered
beans, says they are more tender, so we grow White Lady and Moonlight.
What we find is when we have a glut we can't get rid of runner beans to
neighbours, they all want French beans though.

I would call Celebration flowers salmon-pink and they contrast
nicely with
the red of Enorma.

Has anyone grown 'Climbing French Bean Blue Lake' ?

I bought a pack of seeds yesterday.

Yes. It's OK, but not the best of the climbing blue beans, which
are our preferred ones. But the differences are small.

I prefer harvesting the blue beans, much easier to spot.

I much prefer french beans, each year we have less runners and more
French I think


Which Blue Bean do you grow?


Not sure, we have grown Blue Lake, but I've no idea (SWMBO bought the
seeds I think) if was that or a different one this time.
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Chris French