aquadulce claudia broad bean

hi i been allotmenteering for some years now i normally sow aquadulce overwinter. but i have a packet now some seed companys say sow by march but its a broad bean and i assume it will be ok to sow now.anyone ever sowed them this late ? did they come ok ? your advice would be appreciated thankyou.

 

Hope it's okay to hijack this thread - I have some Aquadulce Claudia which I started off inside and planted outside some weeks ago - they are coming on really well.

I see that my area may get a touch of ground frost for two or three days this week - is it worth covering the plants? A few of them already have flower buds, presumably they could also be damaged by frost?

 

@TheMadHedger if you have got any fleece it might be worth covering them up with the risk of frost as they haven't possibly been in the ground long enough yet to get hardy or they might be fine if they are growing in a sunny spot as the warmth of the ground should help the plants.

Ours have been in since November and are in flower at the moment so hopefully should be ok as they have been in for long enough.

 

Thanks for the advice. Thinking about it I believe they've now been in the ground for 4 or 5 weeks, they're also in sunny spot so hopefully they'll be okay (I don't have any fleece).