Vegetables
Broad Bean 'Aquadulce Claudia'
Vicia faba
With an RHS Award of Garden Merit, and a firm gardeners’ favourite, this broad bean variety is the hardiest and the best choice of seed if you would like to sow before the new year. Producing large yields of pods of tender beans up to a month earlier than spring sowings.
- Position
- Full Sun
- Height
- 1.3m
- Spread
- 30cm
Growing calendar
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Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Flowering
Harvest
Sowing & growing
Sow any time between November and March in either pots, seed trays or in situ. Sow 5cm deep. If direct sowing, sow in rows or double rows, 23cm apart and between rows. Water well. Broad beans like full sun, protected from winds in rich, fertile soil. Stake stems as they grow.
Aftercare
Broad beans often suffer from blackfly infestations. To deter, pinch out the growing tips after the first flowers have set pods.
Gallery
Ref. SEB011