I’m a total sucker for all things old fashioned, so when my mother-in-law gave me a packet of heirloom Scarlet Runner Beans from Monticello for Christmas, I was thrilled! I planted the plump, purple speckled seeds around a rusty wrought iron trellis and scattered cosmos seed at its base. My idea was for the lacy foliage of the cosmos to fill in the space at the center of the trellis and for the flowers to peek out from behind the beans’ heart shaped leaves. My plant combination ideas don’t always work out, but this one is pretty nice, don’t you think?