Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea
Lathyrus oleraceus 'Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 feet tall12 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
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'Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea' (Lathyrus oleraceus 'Mammoth Melting Sugar Snow Pea') is a vegetable for food gardens, borders, and containers. It is typically grown as an annual. It grows well in cool weather and can ride out a light frost. This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist soil of most types. Vines reach about 4 feet tall and stay only about 1 foot wide. Bees and butterflies visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Lettuce, Cherry Belle radish, and Broccoli.