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Climbing Bean 'Cobra'

Phaseolus vulgaris | French Bean, Green Bean

Half-hardy Annual

What is Half-Hardy Annual?

Awarded an RHS Award of Garden Merit

An exceptional flavour

Long cropping season

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Climbing French Bean 'Cobra' produces an abundance of tasty, smooth, round pods. The stringless beans reach around 18cm (7") in length and have a sensational flavour. Awarded and RHS AGM, this variety is reliable and easy to grow, cropping over a long period. 'Cobra' is a mauve flowered variety that looks as attractive in flower borders as it does in the vegetable garden. Height: 180cm (70"). Spread: 30cm (12"). Supplied as peat free plugs/9cm pots.

Height Up to 180cm (70in)
Spread Up to 30cm (12in)

Half-hardy Annual

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full sun

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15 Peat-Free Garden Ready Plants (KB9643)
30 Peat-Free Garden Ready Plants (KF4293)
12 Jumbo Plug Plants (KB8301)

Pot up plug plants and grow them on in warm, bright conditions until all risk of frost has passed. Gradually acclimatise plug plants to outdoor conditions over 7 – 10 days before planting French beans outdoors in rich fertile, well drained soil in full sun with protection from strong winds.

Plant Climbing beans in rows that are 60cm (24”) apart, or where space is limited, try growing climbing beans onto a wigwam structure. Climbing beans require support from garden canes, strings or netting which should be put in place at the time of planting.

When growing beans, hoe between plants often and water regularly. Provide a compost mulch around the base of bean plants to combat dry periods. For the best crops harvest beans regularly while the pods are still young.


Culinary note: Suitable for freezing. Caution: Cook climbing beans before eating to avoid discomfort.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

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