Peas

*Ark of Taste Heirloom* (Pisum sativum) We have a fascination with unusual legumes here at Uprising Seeds. Known as 'Roveja' in Italy, it has been grown for centuries in the rugged and harsh landscape of the Sibillini mountains in southeastern Umbria. Its taxonomy is not clear, but some consider this...

(Petit pois) Chris Field of Campo Rosso Farm brought to our attention one season that ‘Waverex’, once considered the standard for petit pois, had all but disappeared from North American catalogs. Starting with some stock sourced from the UK (where the variety hails from) we’re endeavoring to bring it back....

(P. sativum) Everyone loves these very sweet and very productive shelling peas showing excellent resistance to both enation and powdery mildew! Long pods hold up to 10 peas and grow on 24” vines that do not need staking but certainly benefit from it. Wonderful for snacking out of hand or...

Snap peas are one of the true joys of gardening. What could be easier? One planting time, but due to different maturity times, staggered harvests lasting over a month. The sampler contains one pack each of these three snap varieties. The season starts with Sugar Ann, moving to Cascadia, ending...

(P. sativum) Bred by Jim Bagget of OSU for northwest gardens, Cascadia is a tremendous snap pea. The 2.5-3’ vines produce an early abundance of sweet, plump pods comparable in quality to the venerable Sugar Snap. We found these to be productive, easy to care for, and the best tasting...

(P. sativum) Sugar Ann is our first snap pea out of the garden every year. Dwarf vines grow to only 2’ and do not require support. Medium-sized pods offer excellent sweet eating. Our favorite of the early varieties and deserving of a place in anyone’s garden to celebrate the first...

(P. sativum) Sugar snap needs no introduction!! Bred by visionary pea breeder Calvin Lamborn at Gallatin Valley Seed in the 1970s, it introduced the public to a whole new class of pea, the edible-podded snap pea. Few even bother to argue that it is still the best tasting, over 40...

(P. sativum) This rare beauty comes to us from the collection at Seeds Savers Exchange. Almost worth growing for its blooms alone, the bi-color pink and purple flowers rival some sweet peas we’ve seen! The sweet and crunchy flat pods are a gorgeous lemon yellow, and are best picked young, at...

(P. sativum) Here’s a success of the NOVIC (Northern Organic Vegetable Improvement Coalition) trialing project whose goal is, in part, to increase the availability of organic seed for varieties suited to organic production systems. In the 2013 Oregon pea trials, they threw in a couple of snow peas to look...

(P. sativum) We trialed this almost 20 years ago on recommendation from our good friend Heather Tiszai, one of her favorites from the old Abundant Life Farm in Port Townsend, and have continued to be delighted by its vigor, sweet taste, and productivity year after year since. Beautiful bi-color purple/pink blooms...