(B) Broad Bean Windsor seeds 15g (125210)

BAB125210
(B) KS13

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🌿 Broad Bean ‘Windsor’ (Vicia faba)
🌿 Botanical Name: Vicia faba
🌿 Type: Hardy Annual

Broad Bean ‘Windsor’ is a traditional favourite and one of the finest broad bean varieties for flavour and performance. Producing sturdy plants with large pods, each containing 4–5 broad, tender green beans, this variety delivers a rich, earthy taste that’s unbeatable fresh from the garden. Hardy and dependable, it performs well in all regions and can be sown in autumn for an early crop or in spring for a bountiful summer harvest.

🌿 Plant Details

✔ Type: Hardy annual
✔ Height: 90–120cm
✔ Spread: 30–45cm
✔ Flowers: May – July
✔ Harvest: May – August
✔ Position: Full sun; fertile, well-drained soil

🌱 Growing Information

✔ Sow: March – May or Oct – Nov (autumn sowing for early crops)
✔ Germination: 7–14 days at 10–15°C
✔ Spacing: 20cm apart in double rows 20cm apart; 60cm between double rows
✔ Care: Support taller plants with canes or string; water well during flowering and pod set; pinch out tips after first pods form to deter aphids

🌼 Why You’ll Love It

✔ Classic variety with outstanding flavour
✔ Hardy and reliable for early or main-season crops
✔ Heavy yields of large, tender beans
✔ Excellent for fresh use or freezing

✨ Top Tip

For the sweetest beans, harvest when pods are still green and beans inside are young and tender. Pinch out the growing tips once pods begin to set — it improves yield and keeps aphids away!

🌷 Perfect For

✔ Vegetable gardens and allotments
✔ Early and main-season cropping
✔ Home freezing and preserving
✔ Traditional cottage garden planting

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