Peas

All seeds are sustainably grown & chemical free.

60 seeds per packet.

Shelling:

Dalvay  – 63 days. Mid season pea with extra long pods (2 pods per node) filled with at least 10 uniform sweet peas held upright on strong stems, making the plants ideal for fast & easy harvest

Early Freezer – 58 days. Heavy producer of fresh tender sweet peas. Cool season vigour with superb heat tolerance. Very healthy on 18-24” vines. Great for freezing.

Early Frosty – 60 days. Early Frosty is an old heirloom that thrives in colder climates & early spring plantings with outstanding quality & sweetness. Short 3’ vines can be trellised or planted in a single row. Holds well after picking. Superior variety for freezing.

Homesteader – 68 days. Old English heirloom, first offered in US in 1908. This mid season pea has sweet, tender, buttery tasting, medium sized pods containing 8-9 peas with heaviest production in mid-July. Vines up to 3’ do not need to be trellised. Loves cool rainy weather.

Laxton’s Progress – 55-60 days. Heirloom developed at the turn of the 20th C by Thomas Laxton. Early, plump shelling peas on short manageable vines 20-24”. Dependable, tender & delicious.

Stanhope – 54 days. Prolific producer of 3.5” pods, 2 pods per node with 7-10 peas per pod. Continues producing from early spring into early summer on short 24” strong, dark vines.

Tall Telephone – 75 days. 1881 English heirloom. Flowers over a long period of time & needs support           for 6’ vines.    

Tom Thumb – 50-55 days. Pre 1880. This very rare dwarf shelling pea grows to only 8”, making it great for containers & window boxes. It is prolific, drought-tolerant & cold hardy. 

Snap Peas

Magnolia Blossom – 70-75 days.  Crunchy, sweet, flavourful snap peas on vigorous 7-9’ vines. Light green pods have a distinct purple/red stripe down the side and flavour is at its best after the pods thicken and just before the stripe darkens. Beautiful two- tone flowers just cover the vines.

Sugar Ann  – 55 days. Earliest best tasting dwarf variety, Plump light green 2.5” long pods are held high on 18” vines that require no support. Heavy first & second pickings. Grow for 1st pick spring & fall plantings.

Sugar Lace II – 68 days. Stringless, plump, very sweet 3.5” long pods on sturdy 30” vines. Heavy yielding with great disease resistance. Semi-leafless vines makes for easy picking.

Snow Peas    

Calvert – 55 days fresh, 90 dry. French heirloom is a very fine 6’ climbing edible pod pea with large 4-5” pods, tender from beginning to end of season. Dual purpose – delicious fresh or dried.   60 seeds per packet.

Green Beauty – 60 days.  Very prolific, sweet, 5” light green pods on 7-8’ plants which need to be trellised.   Beautiful flowers. Susceptible to Downy Mildew in hot weather in greenhouse. 

            

Oregon Sugar Pod II – 63 days. Extremely popular and excellent edible-pod pea. Huge producer of sweet, crispy pods. Advertised as a 30” non-climbing dwarf plant, but we would recommend staking, as quite a large sprawling plan ( it did rain all summer though in 2023!).     Disease resistant.

Schweizer Riesen (Swiss Giant) – 55 days. Old Swiss heirloom of large sweet tender tasty snow peas. Very long season on vigorous, sturdy 7-8’ vines producing beautiful purple/pink bicolour blossoms.  60 seeds per packet.