Pulse & Dried Bean Seeds
Browse our full range of edible pulse and dried bean seeds below. These varieties are primarily grown for their cooked, protein and fibre-rich shelled dried seeds, although some can also be eaten fresh when young, check the growing notes of each variety for more details. All varieties are open pollinated and GMO-free. For fresh bush beans, fresh climbing beans, broad beans and tropical podding beans please visit our Bean Seeds page.
Pulse & Dried Bean Seeds
Adzuki Bean
Adzuki is a Japanese bean vine that produces long pods with 6-8 small red beans inside. Harvest when pods have dried. Traditionally boiled and sweetened to make red bean paste for use in desserts. Adzuki beans can also be eaten as a pulse in savory dishes or sprouted. 16-18 weeks to harvest. 50 seeds per packet.
Lima Bean 'Madagascar Bean'
Lima Bean 'Madagascar Bean' is a vigorous, perennial tropical bean with pods that each contain 2-4 large purple speckled seeds that can be peeled and eaten raw or steamed when young or cooked as a dried bean. It grows well in hot, humid conditions. 12-15 weeks to maturity. Each packet contains 10 seeds.
Mung Bean
Mung Beans are harvested as a dried bean, then boiled and used whole in savoury curries or mashed into a paste for use in cake and other sweet dessert fillings. Commercial bean sprouts are most commonly made from this species. Can also be used as a nitrogen-fixing green manure crop. Approximately 170 seeds per packet.
Pigeon Pea (Cajanus Cajan)
A popular pulse in India, Pigeon Pea is a large shrub which bears prolifically. It can also be used as poultry forage, compost material or as a windbreak planting. Each packet contains about 30 seeds.