Blue Coco is by far my absolute favorite bean to grow in the garden. This French heirloom dates back to around 1775 and is one of the most productive and cold tolerant bean plants I've ever seen. Years ago when I first grew it I actually got tired of harvesting the beans and I allowed it to stay in the garden while I literally planted around it. Well, those plants stayed in the garden from that June until the following spring when I finally just pulled them up. Winters here are not severe but to last that long made it one of the hardiest and most rewarding beans I've ever grown. And during that time, I didn't even water them much and they still outlasted any bean plant ever grown in the garden.
I've planted out additional plants this month (November) so I can have an ample supply of beans for our holiday festivities. They're quite delicious and tend to be eaten up rather quickly.
Flowers are produced from tall dark green leaves which have a tinge of purple with purple veins and purple stalks and produce long purple, flattish pods. They are very flavorful and don't become woody and pithy unless you pick them just before the pods start producing beans. The color of the beans are coco or chocolate making them ever more distinctive. Highly recommend this bean.
Plant Profile: Blue Coco Bean
Type: Pole
Days to Maturity: 59
Preference: None observed
Level of Difficulty: Easy
Characteristics: Purple pods, green leaves with purple stalks and speckled purple throughout the leaves, chocolate colored beans, very ornamental
Taste: Delicious
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