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* Representing a new generation of garden peas, Sugar Snap is a winner of the prestigious All America Selections Gold Metal. Crisp, crunchy, and delicious, it's eaten whole - pods and peas - when the pods are plump and round...

A vegetable to grow especially if you have children about your garden. Plant the seed directly in the soil and provide support and watch the tendrils grap the trellis.

An especially fragrant variety, I suppose the name clued you in. You can sow sweet peas in the fall in fertile soil if you have a mild winter climate.

Stays sweet an extra-long time! Dark green pods grow in pairs at the top of the plant for easy picking. Nine to 11 perfectly plump peas per long, well-filled pod. Resists wilt and mildew. Most can be harvested 18-20 days after they flower...

* Sweet Pea Early Spencer Mix (Lathyrus Odoratus Spencer) The ruffled blooms of the Early Spencer look like little butterflies all aflutter. Sweet Peas can adapt to any garden style. Excellent in a cutting garden...

When one thinks of Sweet Peas, this is the one that comes to mind. Traced back to 1699, it is a lovely blue and deeply fragrant.

Old Spice Sweet Pea Lathyrus odoratus Hardy annual Fragrances of honey and orange. Heat-tolerant species with 1" blossoms of white, rose, purple, scarlet, lavender, pink, and cream. Presoak the seed prior to germination, then trellis while growing out...

This is the Pea your Grandparents probably grew. There are 6 or 7 very sweet peas per pod. Peas like it cool so sow as soon as your soil can be worked. You can harvest 60 days after germination. I doubt many will never make it to the kitchen...

If you are planting this in a pot make sure it is at least 12 inches deep so they can develop a strong root system.

A great way to get kids loving their vegetables as these pods are filled with 7 to nine sweet peas.