A striking addition, equally at home in the flower and vegetable garden. Attractive red and white bicoloured flowers are followed by a heavy crop of delicious, 23-30cm (9-12in) long beans.

Cook Runner Beans for the minimum of time until tender as one-third of vitamins and some flavour is lost if overcooked. Runner Beans are a good source of Vitamin C, folate and iron and have a high fibre content.