Butter beans are flat, white and delicious. I would like to grow my own, but from which plant to they come?

Question

I know it sounds obvious, but I can find no reference in any of my gardening books. My late Granddad and my late Dad grew them.

Yes, I have grown pea plants from dried beans (out of a stew pack), but don't really want to buy a whole packet of butter beans.

By the way, Graham K., if you thing we need to get a life and read books, I assume you've never heard of the pot calling the kettle black?

Answer 1

Butter beans are different than lima beans. I don't know the name of the plant, but in the early spring, look in any seed display for butter beans.

Answer 2

You can grow them from the dried ones... I remember doing this with dried peas and butter beans at primary school.

The Greeks call them Giant Beans, some great recipes for "giant beans" if you search.

Answer 3

Butter beans are also called lima beans and come from the "bush bean plant" Phaseolus lunatus.

Answer 4

i climbed it n i very almost fell whilst i became close to the tip acceptable. fortunate for me the leprachaun that lived on it helped me. he belonged to the great yet escaped whilst the great became taking a sell off. the leprachaun's call became fortunate. fortunate took me the the tip of the rainbow the place he confirmed me his pot of gold. whilst he wasnt finding, i took his gold n climbed down the stalk as quickly as i'd desire to. in basic terms as fortunate became gonna capture as much as me, the great poped out of nowhere n caught fortunate. as quickly as i became on the floor, i set the stalk on hearth so as that neither fortunate or the great would climb down. after that i in no way planted any magical beans. genuine tale.

Answer 5

you have very obviously got far to much time on your hands.
Get a life and read some books

Answer 6

tub of lurpak in a plant pot, water every day , and wait an see what happens ........