What it is
Sugar Snap Pea (Pisum sativum) is in the Fabaceae (Legume) family. Sweet, crunchy, edible-pod peas for the cool seasons. Trellis the climbing types and pick often.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it even, and give it average soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0-7.5. Space plants about 2-3 in apart. Expect roughly 60-70. Cool-season annual.
How it's used
Sugar Snap Pea is used: raw, stir-fry, steamed.
🔎 How to identify it
- Tendrils, paired leaflets
- White flowers
- Plump edible pods
Edibility
PartsWhole pods
UsesRaw, stir-fry, steamed
CautionBolts and toughens in heat.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.