Sugar Pea (Pisum sativum macrocarpon)

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

Pisum sativum macrocarpon 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.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Shoots

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

Flavor & Culinary Uses

delicious sweet flavour that is just like a juicier form of garden peas. — Immature seedpods - raw or cooked.; Best harvested when the seeds are under-developed, the young swollen and succulent seedpods have a delicious sweet flavour that is just like a juicier form of garden peas.; 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 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)