Snow Peas 'Opal Creek'
- Product number: 095950
- Origin: Mediterranean Basin, Western Asia
- Latin: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
The subtle and elegant, lemon-yellow to yellow-green pods of 'Opal Creek' are an attractive eye-catcher in the vegetable garden. This striking variety is the first yellow sugar snap pea available to gardeners. The robust plants (height 180-200 cm) produce excellent yields of 7-8 cm pods with a sweet, fresh pea flavour, which can be eaten deliciously raw or added to stir-fries. The leaves and shoots of these climbing plants are also edible and have a pleasantly sweet taste.
Deliciously sweet and with a soft skin. You don't have to shell the peas, just remove the tips and the string. Do pick them reasonably young. Stew them briefly or eat them raw in salads!
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Latin: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
Dutch: Suikererwten
Also known as: Vleeserwten or Peulerwten
English: Mangetout or Snap Pea
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- Flower colour: White flowers
- Origin: Mediterranean Basin, Western Asia
- Average growth height: More than 120 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Pisum sativum var. macrocarpon
- Dutch: Snow peas
- Also known as: Shelling peas or Sugar snap peas
- English: Mangetout or Snap Pea
