Garden Pea (Pisum sativum)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Choice Edible (4/5)

Pisum sativum is a ANNUAL growing to 2 m (6ft 7in). It is not frost tender. It is in flower from May to September, and the seeds ripen from July to October. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Occasionally bees. The plant is self-fertile. It can fix Nitrogen. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Leaves, Shoots

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet flavour, but there is only a thin layer of flesh with a fibrous layer beneath it. — Immature seedpods - raw or cooked.; The young seedpods have a sweet flavour, but there is only a thin layer of flesh with a fibrous layer beneath it.; Immature seeds - raw or cooked.; Sweet and delicious, they can be added to salads, or lightly cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Plants are not known in a genuinely wild condition. (Zone 2, Zone 3, Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)