Climbing French Bean Cobra

Climbing French Bean Cobra is a high-quality climbing bean variety known for its strong growth, attractive flowers, and generous harvests. The plants produce long, round, straight green pods that are stringless and ideal for fresh picking through the growing season.

This variety is well suited to vegetable plots, allotments, and sunny garden spaces. Its mauve flowers also make it attractive enough to grow in mixed borders, giving both ornamental value and productive crops.

Cobra grows as a climbing variety, so it should be grown with suitable support such as canes, netting, or a trellis. Regular picking encourages continued production and helps maintain tender pod quality.

Key Features

• Vigorous climbing French bean variety
• Produces heavy crops over a long harvest period
• Long, round, straight green pods
• Stringless pods, approx. 20cm long
• Attractive mauve flowers
• Suitable for vegetable plots and mixed borders
• Grows to approx. 180cm
• RHS Award of Garden Merit variety

Growing Information

• Sow undercover in pots from April for an earlier crop
• Sow directly outdoors after the risk of frost has passed
• Add plenty of organic matter before sowing
• Grow in a sunny position
• Provide strong support for climbing plants
• Loosely tie young plants to supports if needed
• Protect young plants from pests
• Feed once flowering begins with a high-potash fertiliser
• Harvest: June to October
• Time to harvest: 12–14 weeks
• Germination: 7–14 days
• Planting depth: 2 inches
• Row spacing: 18 inches
• Seed spacing: 6–9 inches