Pea Seeds

An excellent dwarf variety only 30cm (12in) high that produces lots of 13-15cm (5-6in) pods each bearing five small, but deliciously tender beans. Very suitable for successional sowings commencing late autumn (under cloches) or late winter/early summer in the open. Ideal for the small garden.

Suitable For Freezing

An easy to grow, unusual vegetable with a unique gourmet flavour. A hint of asparagus - perhaps? Goes with virtually any dish. Cook whole at 3cm (1in) long, preferably by steaming, and serve with a little melted butter. No flavouring should be used as this will destroy its own delicious taste.

Can also be used in the flower border as attractive ground cover.

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(Wrinkled) Second early. A prolific cropper offering masses of small peas in well filled, dark green pods. Suitable for successional sowings throughout the season.

A well known and reliable heirloom. Dark green, curved pods containing 8 to 9 succulent sweet, tender peas. Heavy cropping if picked regularly. Long cropping, maincrop maturity. Height 60-70 cm (24-28in).

Pisum sativum. Dwarf, flat, broad-podded Mangetout, Pea Sugar Snow Green crops prolifically if harvested when pods are small and before seed development within the pods.

(Mangetout wrinkled variety) Early. Succulent pods are stringless when young and for the sweetest flavour are best picked when the seeds are just swelling in the pods. An early variety which shows resistance to Fusarium, powdery mildew and other diseases.

(Marrowfat round-seeded variety) Usually harvested when pods are dry and peas are fully mature but can be eaten fresh when young. The distinct flavour is ideally suited to mushy peas or for use in stews and casseroles.

(Wrinkled variety) Masses of double pods containing high quality, small 'petit pois' peas with outstanding flavour. A compact early variety, the plants show resistance to pea wilt and downy mildew, which is particularly helpful in wet summers.

(Wrinkled sugar snap variety) A 'maincrop' snap pea which is semi-leafless for easier picking and has less need for support. Pods are stringless with a succulent sweet flavour. Plants show resistance to powdery mildew, Fusarium and other diseases.

(Wrinkled variety) A fast maturing 'early' variety ideal for successionally sown crops, with a generous 8-9 peas per pod and 2 pods per node. Strong plants show resistance to pea wilt and tolerance to downy mildew and powdery mildew.

(Wrinkled variety) A high quality 'maincrop' variety with long and pointed, dark green pods with 8-10 very large peas in each. Very productive for large harvests, also shows a resistance to Fusarium.

(Wrinkled variety) An 'early' variety with well filled plump pods that are produced in pairs and contain 7-8 large peas each. Plants are semi-leafless for easier picking and have resistance to Fusarium.

(Wrinkled variety) A 'first early' ideal for sowing succession, the vigorous plants mature early with 7-8 great tasting peas per pod. Plants produce 2 pods per node and have resistance to pea wilt and tolerance to downy mildew.

(Wrinkled variety) A 'maincrop' variety which is semi-leafless to help make picking easier. With 8-9 medium sized peas per pod and approx. 3 pods per node. Plants show resistance to pea wilt and downy mildew and perform well on heavy soils.

Neither asparagus nor a pea but it does have pods which are eaten like a 'mangetout' pea and does have a taste reminiscent of asparagus! Easy to grow producing numerous winged pods which should be picked at about 2.5cm (1in) long and steamed or sauteed whole.

Tall plants producing good yields of succulent bright green peas. An abundance of red and violet flowers are followed by deep purple pods, very attractive. Excellent source of folate, vitamin A and vitamin C.

An excellent, high quality, double podded variety guaranteed to out perform Onward in every way. One of the best cropping varieties in T&M trials, with rich green, straight, long pods containing on average 10 deliciously plump peas. Wrinkle (Main) Resistant to Fusarium Race 1.

Suitable For Freezing.

Extremely popular and reliable variety for successional sowings throughout spring, and a particular favourite for June sowings, producing huge crops of narrow pointed pods in pairs, averaging 7 or 8 succulent peas per pod. RHS AGM winner. Resistant to Pea Wilt, tolerant to Downy Mildew.

Outstanding pod length - 4 to 4- inches, with 9-11 peas in a pod. Double podded too, it is a super heavy-yielding variety. Only 28 -30 inches tall, with all the pods in the top 10-12 inches - no more backache. A second early, wrinkle seeded variety, which matures in 100 days from sowing. Resists downy mildew and fusarium wilt. And the taste! Has to be eaten to be believed.

Suitable For Freezing

This is surely the sensible way to grow and eat peas - no time consuming podding, no waste, just heavy crops of delicious, sweet and juicy pods of sugar-peas, often called Mangetout or Snow peas. Well flavoured and excellent for lightly steaming or stir-fries,. The pods are large and flat (4.5 inches long by 3/4 inch wide) and stringless when young. This is the way peas will be eaten in the future. It just doesnt make sense to go through the tediousness of discarding the pod if its so full of goodness and so delicious to taste.

New 2008

Maincrop. Eye-catching, long, broad and straight pods filled with 8 to 10 large, tasty peas hence often known as Mr Big. One for the showbench, as well as the kitchen, producing a good crop of pods for picking over a long period. Prefers well-drained, moist, rich conditions. Height 75cm (30in). RHS AGM winner.

Good source of Vitamins A, C, B1 and folic acid. Peas also contain soluble fibre, useful in removing harmful cholesterol.

A fine quality Sugarsnap with round, fleshy, pale green, sweet tasting, succulent pods. Very early and heavy cropping. Ideal raw or in stir fries. Suitable for freezing. Eat immature when stringless but less sweet or remove string when fully developed. Sow in succession for a long season of picking.

Round (First Early)

Neat, dwarf habit producing an abundance of small but well-filled pods. Very good winter hardiness, even in exposed areas as a an autumn variety. Better flavoured than the old variety Feltham First and ideal for that first dish of the season.

First Early.

An outstanding variety, producing a heavy crop of 7-8cm (3-3- inch) blunt pods, borne mainly in pairs against bright green foliage, filled with succulent tasty peas. Flowers and sets pods over a very long cropping period.

Crisp, sweet, rounded sugar snap pods that remain succulent and tender over a longer period than many other varieties. Enjoy bumper crops over a long picking season on the easy to manage, quite dwarf plants. Resistant to Pea Wilt.Prefers well drained, moist, rich conditions.

(Maincrop)
A British bred maincrop producing a huge yield of double pods per node, averaging 8 to 9 succulent, dark green peas per pod. Resistant to pea wilt and has good downy mildew resistance.
Height: 60-70cm (24-28in).

Second early

Superb harvests of Peas are abundant with paired pods for extra crops, and with pods averaging 6-7 dark green, tasty peas. An excellent form. Jaguar is quick to harvest and is ideal for successional sowings. Can be sown March-June for cropping June-September. Height: 65-70cm (26-28in).

Pick fresh, tasty peas early in the season with this quality, British bred variety. Enjoy trouble-free, bumper crops thanks to impressive Pea Wilt resistance and Downy Mildew tolerance. Perfect for successional sowing to give longer cropping period. Plants are self-supporting when grown in blocks. Height: 45-55cm (18-22in).

A tall growing variety with red leaf nodes and lovely mauve flowers followed by deliciously sweet pale golden-yellow, crisp pods. Best picked regularly before the peas swell in the pods, ideal steamed whole or added to stir fries. Mangetout Golden Sweet grows to 210cm (7ft) so needs support.