PARSLEY PEA SEED

Pisum sativum

This peculiar little pea is grown primarily for the abundant and adorable tiny-leaved tendrils. They are superior to any “pea shoots" you'd typically find at the farmers' market, and make a fabulous and substantial salad ingredient. The plants are small enough to be grown in pots, and will eventually set perfectly delicious little snap peas if you don't make use of the plant for cut-and-come-again greens (which you should).

The white flowers of Parsley Pea, like all garden peas (Pisum sativum), are edible and delicious. Do not eat sweet peas (Lathyrus odoratus).

This is a great variety to use for experimental pea breeding purposes. Alan Kapuler's fantastic hypertendril peas have Parsley Pea in their lineage.

These seeds can be sown indoors at anytime for yummy winter pea greens. Normal pea culture applies: place seeds in moist soil, about a half inch deep. Keep warm (70F) and moist in bright light, and move to a cooler (but still bright) location once seeds have sprouted.

Sow outdoors as soon as the soil can be worked. Alternatively, rather than sowing outdoors into cold soil where they may rot, peas can be germinated indoors (but only just) and transplanted to the garden. Peas want to germinate in warm soil but grow in cool weather. This makes them perfect for growing outdoors in the autumn, which no one ever does.

Packet contains at least 100 seeds.