Seasonal: Available May-Oct. Wild & Cultivated Seabeans. Sea beans, also know as Sea Asparagus, glasswort, or samphire is a bean (some describe as coral) shaped vegetation that grows near salt or brackish water. The crisp bean stems and leaves can be eaten raw, steamed, boiled, pickled, sautéed, or stir-fried. Sea beans have a pleasing, briny flavour that compliments all vegetables and seafood.