Red Rocky Road Butterbean Seeds | Amish Wisconsin Heirloom Bush Lima

The story of Red Rocky Road is rooted in traditional seed-saving and community stewardship in the American Midwest.

• The Driftless Connection: Preserved and shared by an Amish family living in the unglaciated Driftless Region of Wisconsin—a unique landscape of steep ridges, valleys, and rich soils untouched by ancient glaciers.
• Generational Preservation: Hand-selected over years for its reliable performance in northern growing conditions, this variety represents the very best of homestead agriculture, where beauty, resilience, and heavy yields are paramount.

Red Rocky Road is an absolute powerhouse of visual distinction and gourmet culinary appeal, offering striking coloration from leaf to bean.

• The Plant & Leaves: Features a compact, well-behaved bush habit (requiring no staking or trellising) adorned with charmingly mottled foliage that makes the plant stand out in the garden.
• The Beans: Yields gorgeous, dark red butterbeans heavily splashed with dark mottling and speckles.
• Flavor & Texture: Supremely rich, buttery, and satisfying with a creamy texture that elevates any summer meal.
• Culinary Uses: Perfect harvested fresh as tender green-and-red shelling beans for warm-weather dishes, or allowed to mature for a stunning dry bean storage harvest.

Red Rocky Road is a productive, warm-season annual bush lima tailored for continuous harvests and easy, non-climbing garden culture

"Red Rocky Road Butterbean is a phenomenal discovery straight from the Driftless Region of Wisconsin. We love its compact bush habit, unique mottled leaves, and the fact that it bears dark red, speckled beans continuously right up until frost. It's a gorgeous, heavy-yielding heirloom with a true story of Amish community stewardship."

• Warm Soil Direct Sowing: Direct sow seeds in late spring after all danger of frost has passed and soil has thoroughly warmed to at least 65°F (18°C). Bush limas are sensitive to cold, wet soils and will rot if planted too early.
• Spacing & Sunshine: Plant seeds 1 inch deep and space 4 to 6 inches apart in rows spaced 2 feet apart, ensuring full sun and good air circulation for the bushy plants.
• Continuous Harvest: Pick pods regularly as they plump up to encourage the plant to set even more blossoms and maintain its continuous yield throughout the summer and autumn.