Phaseolus spp. - Bean

Phaseolus is a genus of climbing and bush vines native to the Americas, cultivated worldwide for their edible pods and seeds (beans). Most species are annual.

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 2¹
• Hardiness zone 3¹
• Hardiness zone 4¹
• Hardiness zone 5¹
• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹
• Calcium
• Iron

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Bean

Type

• Vine
• Annual

Functions

• Nitrogen fixer²

Footnotes

1. Phaseolus vulgaris | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Gaia’s Garden - A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Table 6-3 ↩