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Dwarf Bean 'Safari'

Phaseolus vulgaris | French Bean, Green Bean, Bush Bean

Half-hardy Annual

£11.99

Quick maturing variety

Slender straight pods with a superb flavour

Delicious when lightly steamed

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Dwarf Bean 'Safari' is a delicious, tender, and stringless variety of French Beans with Dwarf Bean ‘Safari’. The slender pods are packed with scrumptious flavour and are beautiful when steamed. The grow well above the soil too which means they are easy to pick when they are ready to harvest. It is a winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit for its superb and superior garden performance. Height 45cm (18”) and spread 30cm (12”).

Supplied as peat free plugs/9cm pots.

Plant Size Height Up to 45cm (18in)
Spread Up to 30cm (12in)

Hardiness & Longevity Half-hardy Annual

Ideal For kitchen gardenpatio

Position In full sun

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15 Peat-Free Multisown Garden Ready Plants (KB9645)

Pot up plug plants and grow them on in warm, bright conditions until all risk of frost has passed. Gradually acclimatise dwarf French beans to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days prior to planting outdoors.

Grow dwarf bean plants in rich fertile, well drained soil in full sun or semi shade. Prepare the soil in early spring by adding plenty of well rotted garden compost to the soil to improve its structure and fertility. Avoid using products that are high in nitrogen such as farmyard manure, as this may promote lush foliage instead of beans. Plant French beans at a distance of 22cm (9”) apart in staggered rows for the highest yields. Water the plants in well after planting.

Cover young French bean plants with fleece to protect them from late frosts. Water dwarf beans regularly, particularly as the flowers develop, and provide a liquid feed every 14 days during mid-summer. Dwarf French Beans can be harvested from July to September. Pick the beans regularly and a little on the young side to ensure top quality and prolonged cropping.

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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.