Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Days to harvest: 55 to 60

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 4 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: pale pink and rich, deep pink / purple
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

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

Photo Gallery
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-06-20
English Pea (Pisum sativum 'Purple Podded') bloom
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2022-06-20
English Pea (Pisum sativum 'Purple Podded') leaves and bloom

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