Empress Bean

These bush beans are very easy to grow and produce a lot of beans. This is my second year growing them.

Nearly 100% germination with wet paper towel in a plastic bag. Leaves get hammered in the 90+ degree Florida sun, however they are solid producers from a raised bed watered twice weekly.

grows awesome and produces extremely well here in SE NC. Recommend it to anyone!

Best flavor and texture of any bush bean I've ever grown. Produce and grow well in NE Iowa.

The best! Easy to save, too. Delicious.

A go to every year! A hit with the whole family, especially the toddlers! Not many left to freeze because they all get eaten!

I have a pretty bad track record with most plants I try to grow, but these beans have done great. I'm in the south Georgia area, and sowed my seeds directly in the garden bed and had beans to eat 2 months later. They taste good and continue to produce. I only wish I had planted more seeds.

This is about the 8th type of green bean we’ve grown and is by far our favorite. We direct-seeded and all but one grew into a healthy plant. This produces easily twice the volume of our other beans and tastes better than them all. Plus no strings for anyone to choke on. We want to save some seeds for next year, but we also just want to eat them all, so I’ll likely be buying more seeds from SSE next year.

Fed my family for months. Still producing, even as temperatures have dropped in Northern Illinois.

Three different growing seasons I tried to grow these beans. I don't think they do well in a dry windy climate. The plants grew a bit sparsely, and while every flower did turn into a bean, I was not able to harvest more than we could use at a single meal at any given time.

I have had great success with other bean varieties, I think they just didn't care for the dry windy climate we have here in Kansas.

Strangely have been having low germination rates. I have tried the standard method for starting green beans, as well as two other methods-all with low germination rates. Unsure why. The plants that do emerge are happy, but consistently low germination rates, no matter the method I use. I'm an intermediate gardener and have gotten very challenging seeds to sprout, so I'm wondering if I accidentally received older stock? Germination methods/planting styles tested so far: soak overnight and direct sow, soak overnight and start off in pots (very worst germination rates overall), soak for only 6 hours and direct sow.

This is my first year growing these beans and wow! what a producer. Each plant produces so many beans that the plants fell over from the weight of the beans. I've planted again for a second crop and will be planting them again next year.

Empress beans are the best. I'd never grown them before, but will from now on. I had a small area and only 1 pack of seeds, but even with eating some fresh a few times, had over two gallons to freeze.

Very nice flavor that is sweet and tender (I pick on the small side). Much less fuzz than other varieties I have tried. A stringless, straight bean. Germination was not so good, but I am at 7200 feet. I will buy again.