For a succession of peas, sow at two-week intervals. Use bamboo canes, trellis or netting to create supports for plants. Once peas have reached 5-8cm (2-3in) in height and their tendrils begin to ...

Very winter hardy. Well drained loam and sandy loam soil. Intolerant of highly acid soils.

Gregor Mendel discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants, long before the discovery of DNA and genes. Mendel was an Augustinian monk at St Thomas’s Abbey ...