Scarlet Runner is an heirloom grown as both ornamental and food, with radiant scarlet-orange blooms in clusters and nutritious young pods. Sow seeds 1 inch deep outdoors after the last frost in soil above 55 to 60ºF, 4 to 6 inches apart and thinned to 8 to 12 inches; germination takes 7 to 14 days at 60 to 75ºF.
Give vines a trellis, fence or poles to reach 8 feet. The packet holds 25 seeds and plants an 8 to 10 foot row.
