Bean - Green - Cherokee Wax Bush

OH These beans were part of a seed swap organised at the He Whenua Rongo, an Indigenous Seed, Soil and Food Sovereignty Symposium, in April 2024. Not having a Cherokee bush bean in our collection, I was grateful to try these. A long-time staple for Central and South American Indians, Clemson University trialled this bean and made it commercially available to the public in 1947. Known for being prolific producers of long round bright yellow pods that stand out in any garden. With great adaptability to a variety of climates and good disease resistance, this bean is a real gem. A great stringless bean with an excellent buttery flavour, best eaten fresh, but can also be enjoyed as a dry bean producing beautiful black seeds.

Sow in glasshouse in trays at 4cm diagonal spacing in September or direct in the garden when chance of frost has passed. From trays prick out when true leaves appear and transplant into fertile soil at 25cm diagonal spacing, no trellis needed as it has a bush habit. For autumn crop repeat sowing in January/February.

20 seeds.