"Sequoia" Bush Romano Beans

Well here we have it! The first flower to bloom on the bush beans. We've had so many dark and wet days these babies should have bloomed several days ago. "Sequoia" is a purple, stringless Romano-type, (Italian flat bean) that is to be eaten whole - like a string bean. The purple color will stay if they are eaten raw. Cooking will turn 'em green. What fun is that? I enjoy colorful food. Add raw "Sequoia" beans to salads, eat them with dips or chop them up in a tuna salad served in a red tomato! What fabulous colors! Bush beans mature much faster than pole beans, 53 days as opposed to 65-70 days... and most of the beans show up all at once.