PlantsVegetables & Roots
Pea
Pisum sativum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Cool-season crop for early spring and a short fall try
EasyVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Pods Jun
- How it spreads
- Annual vine
- What to buy
- Direct sow.
- When to plant
- Sow late March to mid-April as soon as the soil can be worked.
In the design
A July sowing rarely beats Chicago heat. Spring is the crop.
If you eat it
Pods or shelled peas
Snow and snap peas are eaten pod and all; shell garden peas.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
