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

Plant Events from our members
hampartsum On October 11, 2015 Harvested
Grown indoors in three greenhouses Warm /cool /cold. The warm heated is producing heavily
hampartsum On August 16, 2015 Bloomed
Cool greenhouse plenty of blooms
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