Botanical Name: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpum
Days to Maturity: 70 days
Family: Fabaceae
Native: Western Asia, Europe, and North Africa
Hardiness: Frost-tolerant annual
Plant Dimensions: 6'–7' vines
Variety Information: 3"–4" purple pods. 'Sugar Magnolia' is a cross between 'Parsley Bush' pea and 'Purple Podded' vining pea.
Type: Snap pea
Attributes: Long Vines
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.
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.
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Sugar Magnolia Snap Pea Seeds Reviews
11 reviews
Best Snap Peas Ever!
Mar 16, 2019Beautiful plants - foliage, flowers and peas. Every single pea from the Botanical Interests pack germinated in 2018 and the gorgeous purple pods with their tender green peas were so tasty! If they weren't so prolific, none would have made it out of the garden to the table, because they were our favorite "gardening snacks"!
Cathy Forbes
beautiful plant
Aug 2, 2019I highly recommend this pea variety. They are both sweet and beautiful. They did grow to 7 feet so be prepared. I try a new varieties of plants each year. This was the first year growing this variety of peas and this will now be a yearly plant in my garden.
Lori
Amazing purple peas
May 6, 2020I first bought these when my daughter was in her "only eat purple vegetables" phase & I'm so glad that I did!
Now her complaint is that it takes me " forever" to harvest them all, as a dozen plants takes me a half hour to pick, twice a week. They have outperformed any other pea I've ever grown, by far.
The plants are now taller than me, so tall that there are some peas I can't possibly reach.
Incredible! You've got to try these amazing purple peas!
marisa dipaola
Incredibly Easy and Prolific
May 26, 2020I wish I could put a photo here--these were such a joy to grow! Growing in Nashville -- planted on March 8th on a 7-foot trellis. Flowered on May 10. It's May 26 and I have about 50 peas ready to harvest. Beautiful pink and purple flowers, bright purple pods, large bright green peas; delicious. My only complaint is that the vines are way taller than my trellis - at least 3' taller and they've started to fall because they are so heavy. I thought the 7' trellis would be enough... nope!
Heather Neisen
beautiful, delicious and stands up to heat
Jun 11, 2020This is my second year growing these peas. The lovely flowers, vivid color, great taste and strong yield are great points. Add to that how well they hold up in our desert heat, and this is a winner. This year I planted 2 other green varieties at the same time. At June 11, the others have faded, but these Sugar Magnolias are still producing generously. They are now garden staple for me.
Nancy Singham
Best Peas
Jun 28, 2020I've grown these in the fall and spring in zone 6b. They are amazing! They are beautiful and the purple pods make them easy to spot when harvesting. These got up to 8ft tall so be prepared with a great trellis. I planted these with green snap peas which stayed shorter and matured faster. It allowed for an extended season of peas with the multiple colors. Highly recommend, very easy to grow.
Jessica
Great but only one plant produced purple pods, the rest were green!
Jun 30, 2020These peas are fantastic! They sprouted fast, the vines are nice. They grow fast. The only thing I was sad about was that out of all of them that I planted only 1 created purple pods. The rest of the plants created solid green pods. They taste amazing but I really wanted the purple ones!
Victoria Kellogg
Owner Response: Uh oh! This cultivar does give some green or blotched peas but you should see mostly purple. We apologize--a customer service agent will be with you soon to help.
tasty but way too tiny
Jul 23, 2020These sprouted and grew well but pods were only 3/4" to 1 1/4" with 2-3 normal size peas in each pod. I expected 3"-4" pods. When pods first formed I left them figuring they would get longer, but they only got fatter. Other snow and snap varieties planted in same conditions and time produced as expected. A gardener friend who planted hers a few weeks earlier than I had the same midget results. Any suggestions for better result if I plant the rest of the seeds for a fall crop?
Lynda Raymond
Owner Response: Hi Lynda,
Thanks for sharing your experience. This is the first complaint we have had about small pods fo this product and has not been my personal experience either. Some common places to start is to add inoculant for better production and also consider a soil test. Phosphorus drives flowering and subsequent fruiting and there could be a deficit or the soil could be more heavily nitrogenated with assists plants with gree growth, but especially in peas (which make their own nitrogen) it can overwhelm and cause a concentration of green growth over fruiting and flowering. I hope this helps. enjoy your fall garden!
my new favorite pea
Jul 24, 2020I have been growing peas for 20 years and this is disease resistant, extremely productive and it looks beautiful
lori bigi
Delicious!
Sep 26, 2020I purchased these seeds on a lark, and they were amazing! They grew taller, and produced more than the green snap peas. They were delicious as well!
Heather Michalak
Easiest & Prettiest Snap Pea To Grow
Dec 21, 2020I had no problem with the germination of the Sugar Magnolia Snap Pea seeds. They came up tall and with a beautiful purple flower. They were tasty as well. I used old tomato cages to support them. Our county extension agent took note of the beauty of the plants when she came over for an inspection. I sell at our local farmers' market and brought some to sell. They did not sell well although people noted the unusual color. I don't think it was the product quality, I think it may have been due to the type of product it was unlike tomatoes and corn which customers can't seem to get enough of. Also, due to the Covid pandemic, vendors were not allowed to do sampling at the market.
Constance Sandrock
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