Growing Native American beans in shade.

Greetings. I wanna find out if I can plant my beans in shady areas. I've planted some of my Ohio pole in shady areas of my plot today. Planning to grow a few more types of indigenous beans on the gate in shady areas of my garden. Please reach me when you all need me. Thanks!

Thanks for asking. Carol Deppe writes about Withners White Cornfield Bean but STRANGELY her company no longer sells it. It can grow in shade in the middle of a cornfield and she also mentioned Genuine Cornfield Bean but said it didn’t produce well in Oregon. I have been unable to find Withner’s anywhere. If anyone knows of where I can, please let me know.

Blake, depending on the source of the shade, pole beans may grow tall enough to reach light. I’ve grown Kentucky Wonder, Rattlesnake, and other pole beans on a 6 ft trellis in a spot where the ground is shaded most of the day, but at 6 ft up they get more light.

Happy 2023 M.K! Rattlesnake beans come in mind as I'm planning to grow my Cherokee and Natchee garden this year to help remember my family's ancestry in Mississippi, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Are you growing more rattlesnake this year? I could use some more for my Oklahoma Cherokee garden to remember my late grandma's time over there.

I'm also a fan of Carol Deppe.  
Last year I purchased "Withner's True Cornfield" Pole Beans from Peace Seedlings:
https://peaceseedlingsseeds.blogspot.com/

"Withner's True Cornfield" definitely outperformed the other "cornfield" beans that I planted.  Last year in my corn plot, there was a lot of shade (as normal for a cornfield), and also a lot of weeds that I let grow into a jungle, and the other cornfield beans produced nothing.   Withner's True Cornfield pushed through it all and produced well.  

Thanks. I found some! And am eager to grow them out for seed this year!

Blake, I saved some rattlesnake I’ll send to you.