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

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

Plant Events from our members
dnrevel On September 7, 2023 Seeds sown
Sown down the middle of rows 2 and in new row 4 in at Johnson. Fall crop. Will see if it does well in clay / leaf mulch mix soil.
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