Chinese / Thai Green Yard Long Beans - Heirloom Vegetable - Vigna sesquipedalis - 5 Seeds Soil Enhancers leaf-like structure or sheath around

leaf-like structure or sheath around the stem at each node

Spectacular large mauve / purple flowers

and 'Crown of Thorns'

Leaves are compound and are slightly reddish at first in Spring and maturing to bright green

Provides that wonderful "garden fresh" taste

Chinese / Thai Green Yard Long Beans - Heirloom Vegetable - Vigna sesquipedalis - 5 Seeds Soil Enhancers leaf-like structure or sheath aroundDespite the name, the pods are actually only about half a yard long; the subspecies name sesquipedalis (one and a half foot long) is a rather exact approximation of the pods' length. This plant is of a different genus than the common bean. It is a vigorous climbing annual vine. A variety of the cowpea, it is grown primarily for its strikingly long (35 75 cm) immature pods and has uses very similar to that of a green bean. The pods, which begin to form