Description
Wow, a purple snap pea, tender and delicious! 'Sugar Magnolia' isn't just a famous Grateful Dead song, it is also a beautiful, fine-flavored, edible-pod pea with purple flowers. Long hypertendrils (vigorous, multi-branching tendrils) act as extra sturdy supports for 6'-7' vining plants, creating an airy structure that helps prevent mildew. Some of these open-pollinated peas may be speckled with green, or be fully green.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 70 days
- Family: Fabaceae
- Type: Snap Pea
- Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa
- Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 6'–7' vines
- Variety Info: 3"–4" purple pods. 'Sugar Magnolia' is a cross between 'Parsley Bush' pea and 'Purple Podded' vining pea.
- Attributes: Frost Tolerant
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–80°F and again 10 to 12 weeks before your average first frost date. In Mild Climates, sow in fall or winter for winter harvest. Best grown in temperatures less than 85°F.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended.
- Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: 2"
- Row Spacing: 4'–6' apart
- Thinning: Not required.
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Snap peas should be harvested when peas are plump; pick regularly to increase yield. Use scissors to harvest or hold vine with one hand and pick the pods with the other; vines are fragile.
Description
Wow, a purple snap pea, tender and delicious! 'Sugar Magnolia' isn't just a famous Grateful Dead song, it is also a beautiful, fine-flavored, edible-pod pea with purple flowers. Long hypertendrils (vigorous, multi-branching tendrils) act as extra sturdy supports for 6'-7' vining plants, creating an airy structure that helps prevent mildew. Some of these open-pollinated peas may be speckled with green, or be fully green.
Variety Info
- Days to Maturity: 70 days
- Family: Fabaceae
- Type: Snap Pea
- Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa
- Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
- Exposure: Full sun
- Plant Dimensions: 6'–7' vines
- Variety Info: 3"–4" purple pods. 'Sugar Magnolia' is a cross between 'Parsley Bush' pea and 'Purple Podded' vining pea.
- Attributes: Frost Tolerant
Sowing Info
- When to Sow Outside: RECOMMENDED. 4 to 6 weeks before your average last frost date, when soil temperature is at least 40°F, ideally 60°–80°F and again 10 to 12 weeks before your average first frost date. In Mild Climates, sow in fall or winter for winter harvest. Best grown in temperatures less than 85°F.
- When to Start Inside: Not recommended.
- Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
- Seed Depth: 1"
- Seed Spacing: 2"
- Row Spacing: 4'–6' apart
- Thinning: Not required.
Growing Info
- Harvesting: Snap peas should be harvested when peas are plump; pick regularly to increase yield. Use scissors to harvest or hold vine with one hand and pick the pods with the other; vines are fragile.