With a fitting name, these Sugar Snap Peas boast a delightful sweetness and crisp, juicy pods. While perfect for snacking, they also shine in stir-fries. Before the Sugar Snap pea, most people grew either snow peas or shelling peas. Snow peas produce edible pods but the interior peas are small, and shelling peas contain large peas but the pods are inedible. In the late 60's, Calvin Lamborn crossed the two pea types, producing a pea with an edible pod and large, edible peas. Sugar snap was born! Immediately after its introduction in 1979, Sugar Snap gained widespread popularity with gardeners, winning the AAS Gold Medal. Peas like cool weather. Sugar Snap plants are vigorous and more heat tolerant than snow peas, meaning you can pick them into June. Good for spring or fall planting (see Growing Instructions tab). Pea vines can grow upwards of 6' (be sure to use a sturdy trellis!). 62-68 days to maturity.
