They have taken over the front garden!
Runner beans compared to the shrub (in background) - they're about the same size!
As you may have noticed in the previous photo, the runner beans have even taken over a tomato trellis!
blooms and a baby bean on runner bean 'Painted Lady'
A third runner bean has joined the bloomfest, this one known as 'Potato Bean.' Some people say Potato Bean is synonymous with 'Aztec Half Runner' but at least for my source, this is not true, as Potato Bean is much taller. Its flowers are just as large as Scarlet Runner and its cultivar 'Painted Lady,' though as you can see, being white, they are not quite as stunning to behold to most people.
A Bee in the City 
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