Wax Bean 'Dragon Tongue'

Planted this variety the first year out of curiosity, and liked it so much I planted it again, and instead of eating all the pods I have ...Read Moreseed for next year. In case anyone needs to know, it is possible to dry the pods in a basement; pull the plant up by the roots and hang upside-down -- the whole thing will dry out, plant, pods and all.

I planted a few for fall beans. Produced well and tasted great. will plant again.

Dragon Tongue Beans are not only beautiful to look at, but tasty too. They do have a buttery kind of taste. I still put just the smalle...Read Morest amount of butter on them after steaming and toss in some toasted almonds. So good and more tender than other varieties.

The purple streaks disappear during cooking.

Will grow again.

Outstanding flavor, stringless. My favorite bush bean this season by far. Almost tastes like it's already been buttered. My preferred ...Read Moreway to eat Dragon Tongue is to steam for about 3-4 minutes, and serve 'as is', without any butter, salt or pepper.

Description only. SSE says this about it: "Dutch wax bean that has large 6-8" cream-colored pods with thin purple stripes that disappear ...Read Morewhen blanched. Wide, extremely crisp and juicy stringless pods. Compact, high-yielding plants. Bush habit, 55-60 days."

Dragon's Tongue bean can be used as snap bean or as dry shelling beans. Allow 60 days for snap beans or 100 days for dry shelling beans....Read More Beans are beautiful to grow. Unusual flat pods, similar in shape to Roma beans. This is an Heirloom bean.

Growing 25 foot row of this variety and is producing tremendously/summer 2006. Made mistake of adding too much nitro-maybe this is helpin...Read Moreg the production. Enriched soil, in beds, temps 90+F/60F, Southern California Inland Valley.

Information only, I have not grown this plant yet.

A beautiful heirloom bean with yellow pods and purple streaks. Beans ar...Read Moree flat podded and are best at about 6". They make a colorful addition to salads. Tan seeds.

This bean performed extremely well in our garden, even with the record breaking wet year we had. It produced very well, and the flavor wa...Read Mores exceptional. It was easy to harvest because of the color, and if the bean gets away from you, it can also be used as a shelled bean. This is the only wax bean my husband has raved about. He has requested that it will become a staple in our garden.