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Garden Pea

Pisum sativum

Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) is a cultivated annual food crop grown for its edible seed, fruit, shoot. Family: Fabaceae (legume family). Originally from Mediterranean & Near East. Grown as an annual in zones 3a–11a. Mature size 2'–6'. Harvest in northeastern Oklahoma: May–Jun. A nitrogen-fixing legume.

// QUICK FACTS
Family
Fabaceae (legume family)
Group
crop · annual
Origin
Mediterranean & Near East · cultivated
USDA zones
Zones 3a–11a (as an annual)
Mature size
2'–6'
Sun
Full sun
Water
Medium
Edible parts
seed, fruit, shoot
Harvest (NE OK)
May–Jun
Garden role
cool-season climbing legume · nitrogen fixer · sow mid-February in Oklahoma
Garden Pea (Pisum sativum)
Pisum sativum — Garden Pea. Photo by Bill Ebbesen via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Field Notes

[ growing · ecology · siting · care ]

Garden Pea (Pisum sativum) is a cultivated annual food crop grown for its edible seed, fruit, shoot. Family: Fabaceae (legume family). Originally from Mediterranean & Near East. Grown as an annual in zones 3a–11a. Mature size 2'–6'. Harvest in northeastern Oklahoma: May–Jun. A nitrogen-fixing legume. As a nitrogen fixer it builds soil fertility for the plants around it.

Why it's on this list: cool-season climbing legume · nitrogen fixer · sow mid-February in Oklahoma. A cultivated food crop — not a native — grown alongside regional natives in Rooted Revival's kitchen-garden and food-forest designs. Harvest windows are for northeastern Oklahoma (USDA zone 7a).

Companion Planting

[ guild · polyculture · cross-layer pairings ]

In a kitchen garden or food-forest guild, garden pea pairs well with: Radish (Raphanus sativus), Carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus), Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), Spinach (Spinacia oleracea).

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