Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: UK
Days to harvest: 65

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
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: 28 -32 inches
Plant Spread: 6 inches
Flower Color: White
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
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

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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-03-31
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2020-05-25
Photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Mason, New Hampshire
Date: 2020-06-30
Photo credit: Robert Duval
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-05-05
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-04-17
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-03-04
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on May 5, 2018 12:10 PM concerning plant:
    A semi afila type that performs reasonably well here. Not as prolific as Green Arrow or Penelope.

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