Highest Productive Green Bean Plants

Provider Bush Bean

• Provider bush beans are a strong and hearty variety of green bean named for its ability to provide a bountiful harvest. Provider produces beans on an early schedule as compared to other varieties. Provider also offers heavy harvests. It is the standard green bean found in many grocery store produce aisles, and a good choice for a beginning gardener. If you grow Provider bush beans in your garden, be prepared to freeze or can some of the harvest.

Contender Bush Bean

• Contender is another bush bean variety of green bean. It is known for its early harvest and high productivity. Because of Contender's short maturation period, it is especially good for gardeners who live in northern climates with shorter growing seasons.

Blue Lake Pole Beans

• Blue Lake is a popular pole bean. It is hearty and provides ample harvest after a 65-day maturation. Blue Lakes are known for their tenderness and flavor. They are especially easy to grow and pick.

Kentucky Wonder Pole Beans

• Kentucky Wonder may be the most productive green pole bean variety. This variety was first introduced in Kentucky before the Civil War, and continues to be a favorite among both gardeners and cooks because of its high yields, stringless pods and versatility. Kentucky Wonder can be picked young for fresh eating, or allowed to mature on the vine. Mature Kentucky Wonder beans are a healthy addition to soups.