[Nepeta]

As to the bush speckled butterbeans, I planted them as an after thought; they should have gone in about 2-3 weeks sooner than they did; and I originally planted over 100 of them: 2 double rows about 25' long; barely half made it to the surface, and about 1/3 of those died. Had I done things right, I would have had a wheelbarrow load of them, with plenty to share.

Are these the plump, meaty beans shaped like limas, but not limas in taste?

I've looked for them. but what turns up in catalogues is usually a lima bean.

[ApplegateRanch]

Sounds like what you mean. Light greenish tint with a purple ‘eye’ where they attach to the pod when at the shelling stage. Turn white, with increasing purple swirls as the mature; then at full dry maturity, a dark purple. with white flecking. Seeds about the size of baby limas.

From what I’ve been able to find on the Net to look for might be “Dixie” butterbean or Jackson Wonder Butterbean. Both of these look a lot like, but not identical, to what I have.

Justadumbblonde sent me the seeds 2 or 3 years ago.