Life Span
Annual
Perennial
Type
Vegetable
Flowering Plants
Origin
Mediterranean
North-Central United States, Central United States, Western United States, Texas
Types
Sugar Bon pea, Super Sugar Snap bean
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Number of Varieties
870
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40000
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Habitat
Fields, Loamy soils
Cultivated Beds, Sandy areas, Sunny Edge
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99993-9
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-1
9-1
Sunset Zone
A1, A2, A3, H1, H2, 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 10
Habit
Vining/Climbing
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.00 cm50.80 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
4.20 cm35.60 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Pink, Lavender
White
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Green
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Leaf Color in Spring
Green, Sea Green, Gray Green
Light Green, Gray Green
Leaf Color in Summer
-
Gray Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
Gray Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Blue Green, Gray Green
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Shape
Leaf Shape
Egg-shaped
Oval to egg shaped
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Fall, Winter
Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam
The pH of Soil
Neutral
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Spring, Late Spring, Fall, Late Fall, Early Winter, Winter, Late Winter
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Dry Conditions, Salt and Soil Compaction, Variety of soil types
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings
Cuttings, Divison, Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Needs watering once a week
Keep the Soil well drained, Needs a lot of moisture in the growing season, Reduce watering in winter
In Summer
Consistently
Lots of watering
In Spring
Adequately
Moderate
In Winter
Less Watering
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Slightly Acidic
Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Clay, Loam, Sand
Clay, Loam
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Prune in flowering season, Remove damaged leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Compost, fertilize in winter
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Downy mildew, Gall Insects, Leaf curl, Peach Leaf Curl, Powdery mildew, Root rot
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Light Frost
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
-
Birds, Bumblebees
Allergy
Diarrhea, Intestinal gas
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
As decorated salad
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
Remove blemishes, Skin Problems
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Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Food for animals, Very little waste
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
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Analgesic, Febrifuge, Stomachic
Part of Plant Used
Leaves, Seeds
Root
Other Uses
Cosmetics, Making Shampoo, Used as a nutritious food item, Used As Food
Chewing
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Container, Edible, Herb, Vegetable, Vine
Rock Garden / Wall, Wildflower
Botanical Name
PISUM sativum
PENSTEMON grandiflorus 'Prairie Snow'
Common Name
Garden Pea
Large Beardtongue, Prairie Snow Beardtongue
In Hindi
चीनी मटर
Large Beardtongue
In German
Kefe
Large Beardtongue
In French
Erbse
Large Beardtongue
In Spanish
guisante
Large Beardtongue
In Greek
μπιζέλι
Large Beardtongue
In Portuguese
ervilha
Large Beardtongue
In Polish
groch
Large Beardtongue
In Latin
pea
Large Beardtongue
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fabales
Scrophulariales
Family
Fabaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Genus
Pisum
Penstemon
Clade
Dicotyledonous
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
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Subfamily
-
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Number of Species
150250
1
27800
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