General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 5-7 feet
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and purple
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Sow in situ

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Common names
  • Sugar Snap Pea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Lathyrus oleraceus
  • Synonym: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum

Photo Gallery
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2020-04-11
pink-purple flowers followed by purple pods on vigorous vines, wh
Photo by SCButtercup

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
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Location: Minnesota
Date: 2017-06-23
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-04-17
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-06-13

Date: 2016-02-03

Date: 2016-05-05
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2016-06-15
Plant Events from our members
SCButtercup On April 21, 2017 Bloomed
lovesblooms On March 17, 2020 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 5, 2020 Seeds sown
direct no soak no inoculant
paleohunter On January 29, 2023 Seeds sown
paleohunter On January 2, 2023 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
paleohunter On September 5, 2022 Seeds sown
paleohunter On June 6, 2022 Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc)
paleohunter On March 24, 2022 Seeds sown
paleohunter On February 20, 2022 Seeds sown
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