Savory Butterpeas in Record Yields!
White, rounded, pea-sized beans are succulent and rich!
Genus: Phaseolus
Species: limensis
Variety: Dixie Butterpea
Days To Maturity: 75
Fruit Color: White
Packet: 30 seeds.
Habit: Mound-shaped
Plant Height: 24 in
Additional Characteristics: Edible, Direct Sow, Easy Care Plants, Soil Builder
Harvest Season: Early Fall, Late Summer, Mid Summer
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Disease Resistant, Heat Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
Uses: Outdoor, Beds, Cuisine
75 days from direct-sowing.
Bursting with flavor, the pure white seeds of Dixie Butterpea lima beans combine meaty taste with succulent texture. Arising on vigorous, high-yielding plants, they are a delicious alternative to the classic Fordhook lima for rich flavor!
Best picked young for extra-succulent flavor, Dixie Butterpea is a baby lima that grows on a bush-habit plant that reaches about 2 feet high and needs no support to hold up its big bounty of beans. The yields are very high of these mid-sized pods (about 2½ to 3 inches long), which each contain 3 to 4 white seeds. A gourmet treat!
Bush lima beans produce earlier than pole varieties. Direct-sow the seeds in spring, after the soil has warmed, spacing the plants about 8 inches apart for dense coverage. Like all legumes, Dixie Butterpea is a nitrogen-fixing plant, so after harvest be sure to chop up the plant and plow it back into the soil. It will work wonders for next year’s crops!
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