A climbing annual reaching 1m. It has green leaves, pretty pink and purple flowers and flat purple pods. Good resistence to powdery and downy mildews.
0.5-1 metres
0.1-0.5 metres
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Sow seed quite densely, in full sun in well-drained but moisture-retentive soil. Provide support such as twiggy hazel sticks or netting, for them to climb up. Pick pods regularly to ensure a continuous crop. For more advice, see pea cultivation
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds
No pruning required
May be suceptible to pea moth, aphids, pea and bean weevil, pea thrips, pigeons, slugs and snails. Mice may eat newly-sown seeds
May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews, foot and root rot, fusarium wilt, grey moulds, pea leaf and pod spot, and virus diseases