🫘 The Venice Bush Bean is a reliable, heavy-producing snap bean that home gardeners keep coming back to season after season. Bred for consistent performance, it delivers armfuls of dark green, straight pods with that classic sweet, tender snap — right from your own backyard. A wonderful choice for new and experienced gardeners alike, and a thoughtful gift for anyone who loves growing their own food.
🌿 Features
- 🟢 Pod Color & Size: Dark green, straight pods measuring 5–6" in length — uniform and easy to harvest
- 📅 Days to Maturity: 62 days — a reliable mid-season producer
- 🌱 Plant Habit: Compact, sturdy bush — no staking or trellising needed
- ✅ Type: Snap bean — tender pods eaten fresh, whole
- 🛡️ Disease Resistance (HR): High resistance to Anthracnose (A), Bean Common Mosaic Virus (BCMV), and Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola (Psp)
- 🏷️ PVP: Not a protected variety — open for home saving and replanting
- 📦 Shelf Life: Pods hold their quality well after harvest, giving you more flexibility at harvest time
💚 Benefits
- 🌾 Grow more with less effort: The upright bush habit keeps the garden tidy and makes harvesting straightforward — no climbing or sprawling vines to manage
- 😋 Flavour worth growing for: Pods stay sweet and tender even as they fill out, so you get great eating quality across the whole harvest window
- 🧑🌾 A garden workhorse: High disease resistance means fewer setbacks and more consistent yields, even in variable Pacific Northwest seasons
- 🎁 A gift gardeners love: Seattle Seed Company's Venice Bush Bean seeds make a genuinely useful, feel-good gift for anyone growing vegetables at home
- 🏡 Locally sourced: Proudly offered through Seattle Seed Company as part of a curated selection of seeds chosen for Pacific Northwest growing conditions
📋 Product Specifications
- Variety: Venice (Bush Bean)
- Type: Snap Bean
- Plant Habit: Bush
- Pod Color: Dark Green
- Pod Length: 5–6"
- Days to Maturity: 62 days
- Disease Resistance (HR): A, BCMV, Psp
- PVP: No
- Vendor: Seattle Seed Company
- Price: Under $20
🌱 How to Grow
- ☀️ Choose a spot with full sun and well-drained soil
- 🌡️ Sow seeds directly outdoors after the last frost, when soil has warmed to at least 60°F
- 📏 Plant seeds 1–2" deep, spacing them 3–4" apart in rows 18–24" apart
- 💧 Water consistently, keeping the soil evenly moist — avoid overhead watering once plants are in flower
- ✂️ Harvest pods at 5–6" for the best flavour and tenderness — regular picking encourages continued production
🛒 Add Venice Bush Bean Seeds to your cart today and get your most productive bean harvest yet — a staple pick from Seattle Seed Company that earns its place in the garden every single year.