Columbia (border zone 7a 6b - Piedmont Uplands 64c ecoregion), MD (Zone 7a) | February 2016 | positive
In Hungary this variety is called Zalán. Could you add that to its alternate cultivar names and/or common names please?
I...Read Moret grew in a bad, shady place for me in Maryland, essentially planted in grass with barely any garden soil and mostly shade near a forested area and by a fence, and still produced some crops.
We planted this lima in our first "Three Sisters Garden" on Colorado's Western Slope - just about drought conditions at about 6000 ft. T...Read Morehe other beans we planted at the same time around the other stands of corn - Hope Black Beans - were overwhelmed by the winter squash plants, but the Christmas Limas climbed up the corn stalks and produced like crazy. Huge pods with 2 to 4 quarter-sized beans. Can't say what they taste like, because we saved all of them to plant in the next garden.
Production is pretty good with this variety. I, however, prefer the taste of other beans that I grow even though I don't turn them down ...Read Morewhen they are served. My family seems to enjoy them more that I do.
This is my favorite "butterbean", and the only kind of large lima-type bean my grandparents would grow- or eat. I never ate a white or gr...Read Moreeen lima until I was almost an adult! Dates back to the 1840's and is very productive even in intense heat.
One of the few varieties that I have been saving seeds to replant for several years now. Never had a bad year--always productive & pest/...Read Moredisease free. I grow teepee style & usually get 2 huge crops before the first killing frost. The bean seeds get huge & are a very colorful speckled maroon & cream color. My husband's favorite vegie.
Very productive and wonderful tasting. These limas do best for me as a dry bean. I like to use them in soups and stews. They have a rich ...Read Morenutty flavor and a nice firm texture.
This is an ancient colored climbing lima. It is white with red splotches. When I was a kid, it was called in piedmont Virginia , the Cali...Read Moreco lima, but now is widely available as the Christmas lima. It yields well with three beans, the size of a U.S. quarter, to the pod. Pods are large and easy to pick. Size decreases as the season progresses but will bear to frost. Taste is mild for a colored lima, and characteristic of the large flat limas.
In Hungary this variety is called Zalán. Could you add that to its alternate cultivar names and/or common names please?
I...Read More
We planted this lima in our first "Three Sisters Garden" on Colorado's Western Slope - just about drought conditions at about 6000 ft. T...Read More
Production is pretty good with this variety. I, however, prefer the taste of other beans that I grow even though I don't turn them down ...Read More
This is my favorite "butterbean", and the only kind of large lima-type bean my grandparents would grow- or eat. I never ate a white or gr...Read More
One of the few varieties that I have been saving seeds to replant for several years now. Never had a bad year--always productive & pest/...Read More
Very productive and wonderful tasting. These limas do best for me as a dry bean. I like to use them in soups and stews. They have a rich ...Read More
Need to have good luck to grow in NH, needs 90 frost free days.
This is an ancient colored climbing lima. It is white with red splotches. When I was a kid, it was called in piedmont Virginia , the Cali...Read More