Pea and Snowpea
A heavy yielding heirloom that grows to 2 m high and produces fine tasting sweet, juicy peas. A great cool weather crop. Requires a trellis or staking. 100 seeds.
Young peas cooked or raw have a sweet, succulent taste ~ even their young shoots are delicious! This prolific variety is a cool weather crop and should be sown in intervals of 3 weeks for long supply from early spring until late summer. Peas do not need extra feeding but do like moist, limey soils and good watering. 100 seeds.
This early sweet, large-podded snow pea is a shorter, bush variety with delicious flat pods. A high-yielding type with white flowers, it is ideal for small areas and children’s vegetable gardens. They grow successfully in cooler climates and will improve your garden soil. 100 seeds.
A high yielding climbing snow pea (to 2m) with sweet, tender snow peas that are ideal raw, steamed or used in stir fries. The harvest period is one of the longest for snow peas. The young growing tips can also be used in stir fries. Easily grown in cooler areas. Strong resistance to powdery mildew. 100 seeds.
This very tall, climbing Snow Pea is a reliable, prolific producer of juicy, sweet 10cm long pods. Grown on a trellis or net these white flowering, climbing peas are a good variety for small areas and childrens’ vegetable gardens. Peas need well drained, limed soil and should be watered well over the summer months. They grow easily in cooler climates and will improve your garden soil. 80 seeds
This old variety (Capucijner) has delightful fragrant, purple-pink flowers followed by attractive deep purple pods, which are filled with green peas. A strong climber up to 150cm tall. Eat pods fresh when young and tender or use the green peas either cooked or dried. Peas need well drained, limy soil and should be watered well over the summer months. 30 seeds
Large and very wide, sweet tasting pods to be picked early while still flat. A strong climber with purple-pink flowers and heavy yields. Best grown from early spring to late summer in well drained soil and full sun, along a trellis with 10 cm between the plants. 30 seeds
Sugar Snap Peas are very popular especially with children as you can eat the stringless, succulent, sweet, up to 7cm long, pods straight off the plants. Grown along a fence this 2.5m tall, climbing variety is a good type for small areas. Peas need well drained, limed soil and should be watered well over the summer months. They grow successfully in cooler climates and will improve your garden soil. 100 seeds