Healthy & Strong Beans! Easy to grow & Care for! Full Sun! Cool Beans N Sprouts Brand The Purple Queen Bush Bean, ‘Phaseolus vulgaris’, has beautiful deep purple pods that turn deep forest green when cooked. The beans have a great fresh flavor and they are also good canned or frozen. The Purple Queen Bush Bean is eaten pod and all and is one of those vegetables like tomatoes that taste significantly better grown at home rather than bought at a grocery store. The Purple Queen is a compact plant with round, slightly curved dark purple pods that are easy to find when harvesting. Plant after the last average frost date. This bush bean prefers rich, organic, well drained and warm soil. The soil must be kept evenly moist but not soggy.