Dragon Tongue, Heirloom Bush Bean Seeds

Dragon Tongue, Heirloom Bush Bean Seeds — The Gourmet Chef’s Multipurpose Bean With Cream and Purple Striped Pods

Also known as ‘Dragon Langerie’ or ‘Merveille de Piemonte’, Dragon Tongue is probably the best multipurpose bean available — tasty, high-yielding, and perfect for the home gardener. Large 6–8 inch cream-colored pods with vivid purple stripes are stringless, broad, and exceptionally crisp and juicy. Pick as a fresh snap bean when pods change from lime green to buffed yellow with bright purple stripes. When stripes turn from purple to red, pick as a tasty shell bean. Stripes disappear completely during blanching, indicating freezer readiness. Allow pods to fully mature for dried beans. Very popular with gourmet chefs. Light brown seeds with dark mottling. 50–60 days.

Why Grow Dragon Tongue?

• The best multipurpose bean available — snap, shell, or dry bean
• 6–8 inch cream pods with vivid purple stripes — stunning and distinctive
• Stringless, broad, crisp, and juicy — incomparable flavor
• Stripes disappear when blanched — indicates freezer readiness
• Very popular with gourmet chefs — a true kitchen garden showpiece
• Open-pollinated heirloom — save seed year after year

Growing Notes

Direct sow outdoors after last frost when soil has warmed to at least 60°F. Sow seeds 1 inch deep, 2–3 inches apart, in rows 18–24 inches apart. Full sun. Water consistently. Harvest at snap stage (yellow with purple stripes), shell stage (stripes turning red), or dry stage (fully mature pods).

Days to maturity: 50–60 days (snap)
Packet size: ~25+, 50+, or 100+ seeds
Type: Heirloom, Open-Pollinated, Bush Bean
Pod length: 6–8 inches
Plant height: 24–30 inches
Sun: Full sun
USDA Zones: 3–12