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Originally Posted by Zeedman
There are a lot of purple podded common beans; chances are that the purple flowered bean is one of those, rather than a true runner bean. The racemes of true runner beans ( P. coccineus) also tend to be dense & indeterminate, as opposed to the smaller racemes of common beans.
The fact that pole beans in general are often colloquially referred to as "runner beans" is a source of constant confusion.  |
This isn't common knowledge. Thank-you for pointing out the differences. I will be watching my pole beans closely now.