There are two types of bean plants: Bean poles Image credit: zoyachubby, licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 Do beans grow on trees?īeans don’t grow on trees, but on bean plants, the Latin name of which is phaseolus vulgaris. I don’t think I’ll ever look at a bean in the same way again. Some of these photos are seriously amazing, especially all the different coloured beans! They can be so beautiful. Let’s take a closer look at how beans grow, and how we end up with two types of food that look so different, and can be used in such different ways. But in fact, they’re the same type of plant, just prepared for eating in a different way. In my head, fresh bean pods (like green beans, string beans, and mangetout) are a separate entity to dry bean seeds (like black beans, kidney beans and haricot beans). In my defence, it’s 2020, and there are a few other things on my mind right now (I don’t know what my excuse has been for the past thirty years). It seems so obvious when you think about it – I bet you’re all rolling your eyes at me for not putting two and two together before now. Of course: beans like black beans and kidney beans grow in just the same way as green beans! And even lentils grow in pods, too! Image credit: cookbookman17, licensed under CC BY 2.0 In more recent years, smaller ‘bush beans’ have been cultivated, which are more practical as they don’t require any additional support. Here’s what I discovered about how beans grow.īeans come from inside bean pods, and can grow on two types of plants: traditionally they grew as vines, which need external support, as they can grow very tall. Turns out, beans are so cool, and so beautiful! Black beans, kidney beans, haricot beans – how on earth do beans grow? Where do they come from?! I decided to find out, and I was amazed by some of the photos I found. Like this: Do beans grow on trees? Surely that’s something I should know by now. Every now and then, I learn something that I feel sure I should have known a lot earlier in life.
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