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Pisum sativum 'Sugar Ann'

pea (sugarsnap) 'Sugar Ann'

A bushy annual, with rather bluish-green foliage with rounded leaflets, often marbled with grey-silver, each leaf ending in a clinging tendril to help the plant climb. White flowers in spring and summer are followed by green pods. This is a sugarsnap cultivar, producing fleshy, pale green pods, 6cm long, which are edible along with the peas they contain. It is early cropping, sweet tasting and yields well

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Size
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height
1 year
Ultimate spread
0.1–0.5 metres
Growing conditions
Chalk
Clay
Loam
Sand
Moisture
Moist but well–drained
pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring White Green Grey Silver
Summer White Green Grey Silver Green
Autumn Green Grey Silver Green
Winter
Position
  • Full sun
Aspect

South–facing or West–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H2
Botanical details
Family
Fabaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Foliage
Deciduous
Habit
Bushy
Genus

A very small genus of annual, flowering plants from legume family. Native to SW Asia and NE Africa, species P. sativum is widely cultivated for food. Hollow. Climbing or trailing stems bear compound leaves and tendrils. Flowers are butterfly-shaped, 1-3 per stalk. The fruit is a pod

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Sow seed in early spring, once the soil is warm, to early summer, in a double row at about 7cm spacings in a flat-bottomed drill 5cm deep and 15cm wide. Choose a position in full sun, with well-drained but humus-rich, moisture-retentive, preferably near-neutral, soil. This cultivar produces compact, bushy plants that should not need support. Pick pods regularly to ensure a continuous crop; for more advice see Peas (Grow your own)

Propagation

Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds

Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning

No pruning required

Pests

May be susceptible to pea moth, aphids, pea and bean weevil, pea thrips, pigeons, slugs and snails; mice may eat newly sown seeds

Diseases

May be susceptible to powdery mildews, downy mildews, foot and root rot, Fusarium wilt, grey moulds, pea leaf and pod spot, and virus diseases

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