species
Pisum sativum
Pea · Garden pea
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Pisum sativum is a annual in the family Fabaceae, also known as Pea or Garden pea, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1.5 m tall and 30 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun, on loam, clay or sand soil, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in moist or well drained conditions, and suits average positions. It flowers from May to July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H4 (hardy): −10 to −5°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1.5 m tall × 30 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H4 (RHS)
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Sand
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Moist, Well drained
- Exposure
- Average
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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