Do you know what variety they are? Some Favas are dwarf types. But I wouldn't worry whatever they are. Flowers mean beans at any height.

The flowers are unusual in being black and white. They also have a wonderful scent.

They are Windsor Fava. Just did not expect flowers so early. But flowers mean beans are coming, which is a good thing.

They look absolutely normal. Clearly you don't have pea and bean weevil which mine always get. We've had a discussion about 'WIndsor' favas before. Windsor refers to a type of fava here, not a cultivar, so I don't know what yours are.

BTW they don't need a cane each. You can put stakes in at each end of the row and run a string up one side and down the other. That'll be ample support.

This is my first time growing fava and I do not know what to expect. I've heard that a lot of folks do not get fava beans because of the short growing season. I'm just surprised that they send out flowers at such small size. The plants can grow to 4' tall or more.

The sticks were used to support the few fava beans started indoors. The indoors ones were much taller, so I had to support them. But since we had some late spring frosts, the tops just died down and new shoots sprouted from the base. So there is no point to keep the sticks any more.

Those beans are sold as "Windsor" fava beans. Whatever type this is, it is popular here in US.

My Autumn sown ones are in flower now too. The length of the growing season depends on the temperatures where you are. My first row was sown in November. The second row went in in February and I sowed another row last week.

I suspect that, as with Runner Beans, there are far fewer cultivars of fava in the US than in the UK since they are less popular than over here. They suit our climate. We have cultivars which vary between 4 feet and 1 foot. I am growing Aqua Dulce Claudia and Imperial Green Longpod. Top 10 Broad Beans for UK

I planted Aqua Dolce Favas late last fall. I have been harvesting for about 2 weeks. I just froze 7 cups of shelled/skinned beans. The first two small harvests I used them to make a salad. The smaller ones are delicious. The larger ones are good but not as good as the smaller ones. My plants are about 5 feet tall now. They have stopped flowering so they will be pulled out as soon as the current beans have matured enough. I will be replacing them with rattlesnake beans and henderson lima beans.

The smaller ones are certainly tasty. That's the size we use all ours. And when they are small they don't need skinning. Have you tried combining them with a little bacon? Either hot or in a warm salad.

I don't pull them when they're over. I cut them off at ground level because the root nodules can then decompose in the soil. You can eat the tips of the plants as greens. Aqua Dulce isn't the tastiest but it is a good variety for overwintering so I grow it for that reason.

I hadn't grown Favas for a few years so I experimented sowing the Windsor type February 10 and March 15. The February ones took longer to grow but now are over 3' and flowering. My former Armenian neighbors years ago were surprised I was growing them, and invited me for dinner to serve them their way. They pick the pods small (3-4") and undeveloped and boil them with several changes of water, I can't remember if they used baking soda at first or not. Then they serve them with beef. They were tasty but I mainly like the big meaty beans since they remind me of the giant lima beans I had as a child in the South, though Runner beans fill that niche too and I can eat the beans better without removing the skins, and get a lot more beans from the same space.

Just wonder when I can expect to have some harvest?

Watch the lowest flowers. Tiny beans will appear and grow gradually. How fast they reach a size you want to harvest depends on your climate and weather. Mine take a couple of weeks.