Tall Telephone Garden Pea
Lathyrus oleraceus 'Tall Telephone Garden Pea'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size8 to 9 inches tall12 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
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Notes
'Tall Telephone Garden Pea' (Lathyrus oleraceus 'Tall Telephone Garden Pea') is a vegetable for borders, containers, and food gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It shrugs off cool spells and light frost, though a hard freeze will damage it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist soil of most types. Butterflies and bees visit the flowers, which open in early to late summer.
Pairs well with Lettuce, Cherry Belle radish, and Tansy.