Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Italy
Days to harvest: 95

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: 6 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Flower Color: Purple
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Cooked
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

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

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-03-15
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-04-20
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2021-03-06

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