Gardens at Mathews

Bean ‘Contender’

Photographs of this planting through the 2026 season, oldest first.

The photographs

A germinating bean in coarse bark mulch, one yellow-green cotyledon lifting free of the split seed coat, pale seeds scattered across the surface nearby.
Week of 27 JulyA germinating bean in coarse bark mulch, one yellow-green cotyledon lifting free of the split seed coat, pale seeds scattered across the surface nearby.
Young bean seedlings spaced across a dark bark-mulched bed, their first true leaves open, with a clump of small round-leaved seedlings along the near edge.
Week of 27 JulyYoung bean seedlings spaced across a dark bark-mulched bed, their first true leaves open, with a clump of small round-leaved seedlings along the near edge.

What happened

Crop
Bean
Variety
Contender
Sown
21 July 2026
Germinated
31 July 2026
Status
flowering

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