General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

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Common names
  • Snow Pea
  • Garden Pea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lathyrus oleraceus
  • Synonym: Pisum sativum

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Comments:
  • Posted by RickCorey (Everett WA 98204 - Zone 8a) on Jan 1, 2016 11:19 PM concerning plant:
    French heirloom snow pea (before 1860). Large, flat green pods for steaming, stir-frying, or eating raw. Gourmet flavor. Creamy-white blooms.

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