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Bob Hobden wrote:

I'll second that. Also the old variety "Painted Lady" seems similarly hardy
and you get beautiful flowers too. We grow them both and although they did
suffer with the unusual heat and drought of last season they survived to
crop and also we got a superb crop late in the season too as the temperature
went down, a second flush.

I grew Painted Lady once and, while it was pretty, the beans were
stringy and ill-flavoured. I tend to grow Polestar.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.