Peas

All seeds are sustainably grown & chemical free.

60 seeds per packet.

Shelling:

1) 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

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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.

5) Iona – 64 days. Developed for the French pea market which prefers small, sweet tender peas. Iona has longer 3” pods & is heat tolerant & disease resistant, plus yields 2 -3 times more pods. Robust plants are 24-28” tall.

6) 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.

7) 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.

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

9) 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. 

10) Wando – 65 days. Introduced in 1943, a cross between Laxton’s Progress (English heirloom) & Perfection (New England heirloom). Cold tolerant for early sowing, plus best producer in the heat compared to other varieties. Sturdy 24-30” plants.

Snap Peas

1) Cascadia – 68 days. Very sweet, round plump pods that withstand heat. Plant to mature in summer, after early plantings. 3” medium green pods on 24-28” vines that don’t need to be trellised.

2) 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.

3) Nairobi –60 days. Top quality stringless 3- 3.5” snap pea with sweet dark green crunchy pods. Taller 24 – 30” bush type could benefit from some support. High yielding plants have excellent tolerance to powdery mildew.

4) 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.

5) Sugar Lace – 68 days. Compact semi-leafless 30” vine produce sweet & crunchy edible pods with exceptional flavour. Stringless pods are 3 ½ “with 2 pods per node for easy harvest. Good for spring or fall.  

Snow Peas    

1) 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. 

            

2) 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.

3) Record – 65-75 days. Sweet, heat tolerant, long-vined variety for multiple pickings. White flowered 2.5” pods. Plants 4-5’ tall. Better heat tolerance.