RHS Journals
The Garden
May 2007
Runners to set pulses racing
Deservedly popular, runner beans offer both tasty produce and aesthetic appeal. These are the best from an RHS trial held last summer in a range of locations.
Image: Tim Sandall
Recommended cultivars
Numbers refer to the following runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus) cultivars:
1 ‘Snow White’
2 TZ0227
3 ‘Wisley Magic’ AGM
4 ‘Red Flame’ AGM
5 ‘White Emergo-Snowy’ AGM
6 ‘Lady Di’ AGM
7 TZ 5134
8 ‘Enorma-Elite’ AGM
9 ‘Hestia’
10 ‘Red Rum’ AGM
11 ‘Royal Standard’ AGM
12 ‘White Lady’ AGM
13 ‘Celebration’ AGM
14 ‘White Achievement’ AGM
15 ‘Flare’ AGM
16 ‘Emergo Stringless’ AGM
Runners awarded
The following cultivars received an AGM in the 2006 trial
‘Achievement-Merit’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
‘Aintree’
‘Celebration’
‘Enorma-Elite’
‘Flare’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
‘Lady Di’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
‘Red Flame’
‘Red Rum’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
‘Royal Standard’
‘White Achievement’
‘White Emergo-Snowy’
‘White Lady’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
‘Wisley Magic’ (AGM 1999 reconfirmed)
Subject to availability
‘Emergo Stringless’
‘Saint George’ (available from 2008)
Subject to naming and availability
TZ 5134
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