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Most types of runner beans will establish as perennials in a climate that 
does not have severe frosts-- not sure if yours qualifies.  Even if they 
don't establish, they sow easily and will completely cover a fence, provide 
hummingbird and butterfly and bee food, and the pods and seeds are both 
edible and good stock fodder.