Pisum sativum 'Sugar Ann'

RHS Plant Profile

pea (sugarsnap) 'Sugar Ann'

Annual Biennial

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A bushy annual, with rather bluish-green foliage with rounded leaflets, often marbled with grey-silver, each leaf ending in a clinging tendril to help the plant climb. White flowers in spring and summer are followed by green pods. This is a sugarsnap cultivar, producing fleshy, pale green pods, 6cm long, which are edible along with the peas they contain. It is early cropping, sweet tasting and yields well

Position

Full sun

Soil Types

Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand

Max Height

0.5-1 metres

Max Spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Size

Time to Maturity: 1 year
Max Spread: 0.1-0.5 metres
Max Height: 0.5-1 metres

Growing Conditions

Chalk Clay Loam Sand

Moisture: Moist but well–drained
pH: Acid or Alkaline or Neutral

Position

Full sun

Aspect: South–facing or West–facing
Exposure: Sheltered
Hardiness

Hardiness Ratings

All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets

H1A: under glass all year (>15C)
H1B: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1C: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20): H2

Colour & Scent

Season	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Botanical Details

Family: Fabaceae
Native to GB/Ireland: No
Foliage: Deciduous
Habit: Bushy
Genus: A very small genus of annual, flowering plants from legume family. Native to SW Asia and NE Africa, species P. sativum is widely cultivated for food. Hollow. Climbing or trailing stems bear compound leaves and tendrils. Flowers are butterfly-shaped, 1-3 per stalk. The fruit is a pod
Name Status: Accepted

How to Grow

Cultivation

Sow seed in early spring, once the soil is warm, to early summer, in a double row at about 7cm spacings in a flat-bottomed drill 5cm deep and 15cm wide. Choose a position in full sun, with well-drained but humus-rich, moisture-retentive, preferably near-neutral, soil. This cultivar produces compact, bushy plants that should not need support. Pick pods regularly to ensure a continuous crop; for more advice see Peas (Grow your own)

Propagation

Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds

Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to pea moth, aphids, pea and bean weevil, pea thrips, pigeons, slugs and snails; mice may eat newly sown seeds

Diseases

May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews, foot and root rot, Fusarium wilt, grey moulds, pea leaf and pod spot, and virus diseases