Best Green Beans to Grow in Containers

You'll find these beauties in my garden every year. They were originally developed for upscale European markets and sold for top prices to fine restaurants.

Thin beans are produced in abundance on sturdy compact plants and mature at just 3 to 4 inches long and 1/4 inch in diameter. Their tender pods need only brief cooking and little extra adornment.

If you've eaten green beans from the supermarket, they were probably Blue Lake. These beans taste so much better when harvested fresh than any you can find at the grocery store.

Blue Lake produces a very large crop of round, 6" pods all at once on 16"–18" tall, bushy plants that are disease resistant; beans are stringless when picked young. Excellent flavor, one of the best for freezing.

Royal Burgundy has delicious purple pods that are easily found among the backdrop of green foliage. These are sure to be a hit with the kids, because they turn green when cooked. Tell them that you are serving "magic beans" with dinner and see what happens!

Royal Burgundy grows better than other varieties in cool weather, is resistant to viruses and mold, and is unlikely to be challenged by bean beetle.

Bring the bright, garden sunshine right to your plate. Another kids' favorite, they can pick Eureka as a young, filet bean or let mature to a beautiful, bright yellow.

Plants produce heavy yields of very tender, 5"–6" beans, and yellow pods make finding the harvest a snap. Ideal for freezing.

Zoom zoom! These dark green, glossy beans are stringless and are ready for harvest earlier than most other beans.

The slim, stringless, round pods develop early on compact plants, and grow to about 5". Compact plants are disease resistant.

Gold Rush is regarded as one of the best wax beans available. Lemon-yellow pods with green tips are round, straight and tender.

It holds its quality and texture in the garden longer than other beans and freezes well.

Jade is a favorite of gardeners for its consistently long, straight, stringless pods that are tender and sweet with a beautiful, dark green color.

Upright, bushy plants hold the pods high, avoiding tip rot. In addition to being very productive, plants are more heat and cold tolerant than other types, and are disease resistant.

Mascotte is the first true container green bean variety, perfect for patio pots and small space gardens. Developed by expert French breeders, these fast-growing compact, sturdy plants are extremely disease-resistant and produce heavy yields.

You’ll enjoy their pretty blossoms, followed by super abundant, slender, crispy, delicious green beans. Beans are borne at the tops of the plants, so they are both ornamental and easy to harvest over a long period for garden to table eating.