Discover which annual sweet peas are the most rewarding to grow. From the highly perfumed old fashioned types to the largest modern blooms designed to be cut and admired in a vase here is our ...

Peas hold a special place in Kenyan households, from the markets to home-cooked meals. Interestingly, the country is home to several types of peas, each thriving in different regions and offering ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...

There are many varieties available but go for the pack of seeds that states they are strongly or very fragrant ...

Peas come in two varieties: shelling and mangetout. Shelling peas mature at different times. Earlies take around 12 weeks, second earlies take 14 weeks and maincrops take 16 weeks. Shelling peas ...

In chapter two, Mathis looks at the characteristics of five classes of sweet peas. Old-fashioned or antique varieties, those introduced before 1914, carry the small flowers and short stems of that ...

Pea processing leaves a lot of byproducts behind, and researchers believe those byproducts could be put to better use.

Select fresh peas with bright green pods that are firm and plump. Peas don't need fussy preparation when they're in season. Boil them briefly until just tender, add a knob of butter and season ...

Sweet peas have an irresistible perfume and every winter garden should have these wonderful scented, free flowering varieties. If sown this month, sweet peas should start coming into flower in June.

Unlike mice fed on a diet of wild-type peas (lacking the α-amylase inhibitor) or bean (containing the native inhibitor), animals that had previously ingested transgenic peas exhibited elevated ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...