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

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Pink and purple
Uses: Vegetable
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Sow in situ
Pollinators: Self

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

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 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Select Seeds.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-07-05

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