Snap Pea
Also known as
sugar snap peas (en)
mangetout (en)
A variety of
pea
How to sow snap pea:
Direct seed outdoors, thin to 12cm apart when seedlings are 3cm high
Sun requirement for snap pea:
Plant in Full Sun
Snap peas are a cultivar group of edible-podded peas that have round pods instead of flat pods (like snow peas). They were developed in 1952 by cross-breeding snow pea with a mutant shell pea plant. The pods are edible and contain 3-8 peas. They are harvested when they are bright green, young, and tender. Snap peas are a cool weather crop and require trellising to support their climbing vines.