(Scots Pine, Watereri Scots Pine)

Discovered in England about 1865, this large, slow-growing, rounded shrub is a cultivar of Scots pine, a medium to large evergreen tree from the upper latitudes of the Old World.

Like all Scots pines, 'Watereri' has stiff, slightly twisted blue-green needles that occur in bundles of two. The needles are crowded toward the tips of the spreading to ascending branches. The dense, shaggy foliage is highly attractive against the scaly cinnamon-colored bark. In spring, tiny male cones and larger female...

(Himalayan White Pine)

This medium to large evergreen tree from the Himalayas is most notable for its long needles, which cascade elegantly from its broad-spreading branches.

The airy, drooping bluish green needles of this pine are held in bundles of five. The needles shimmer in the slightest breeze. In spring, trees produce tiny male cones and long curving female cones near the branch tips. The solitary or clustered female cones are green and erect when young and pale brown and pendent at maturity. They are often...

(Himalayan White Pine, Variegated Himalayan White Pine)

Himalayan white pine is a medium to large evergreen tree with exceptionally long, pendulous needles, which cascade elegantly from its broad-spreading branches. The needles of the cultivar 'Zebrina' have prominent creamy-yellow banding.

The airy, drooping needles of this pine are held in bundles of five. The needles shimmer in the slightest breeze. In spring, trees produce tiny male cones and long curving female cones near the branch tips. The solitary or clustered female cones are green...

(Garden Pea)

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea. Peas have been cultivated for their edible seeds and pods for thousands of years. Their area of origin is thought to be the eastern Mediterranean region, including Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria, where wild pea plants still exist.

These herbaceous annuals have four distinct cultivation types that bear different fruits, or pea pods. These four types are: pod peas that are shelled for fresh peas, pod peas that...

(Garden Pea)

Quick to ripen its large pods filled with eight to ten very sweet peas, this All American Selection produces slender, short vines laden with very plump pods that are easy to shell. The sweet, buttery peas can be eaten fresh or dried. The pods of this self-fertile, disease-resistant cultivar are ready to harvest only 55 to 60 days after sowing.

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea. Peas have been cultivated for their edible seeds and pods for...

(Sugar Snap Pea)

The early snow pea 'Dwarf White Sugar' bears masses of white blooms and flavorful pods on compact vines. Days to harvest depend on which part of the plant is harvested. Pea shoots can be harvested in 30 to 32 days, flowers in 40 to 42 days and immature snow pea pods in 57 to 60 days. Plant a few seeds at weekly intervals for a longer harvest season.

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea. Peas have been cultivated for their edible seeds and pods...

(Garden Pea, Shelling Pea)

The shelling pea, ‘Little Marvel’, is an heirloom selection that was first introduced in the early 1900s. It’s a self-fertile, compact, bushy pea that is wilt resistance and produces lots of plump pods filled with round, green peas. They can be hulled and eaten fresh or dried and stored. The fresh peas are generally ready to harvest in 60 to 65 day after seeding.

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea. Peas have been cultivated for their edible...

(Garden Pea, Snap Pea)

Snap peas have been cultivated in gardens since the 1800s and used to be called “butter peas”, but modern snaps, like ‘Sugar Snap’, bear little resemblance to the old types.

This hybrid was developed in the late 1960s by Dr. Calvin Lamborn and Dr. M. C. Parker for the Gallatin Valley Seed Company, a Boise, Idaho company dedicated to pea breeding and development. It was produced from a cross between a thick-podded shell pea and snow pea and became commercially available in 1979. That year it...

(Garden Pea)

The shell pea, ‘Tall Telephone’ (sometimes called ‘Alderman’), is an heirloom selection that has been grown since the early 1880s. It produces long vines and large pods full of round, green peas that are remarkably sweet and tender. These can be eaten fresh or dried. The peas of this self-fertile cultivar are generally ready to harvest 70 to 75 day after seeding.

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea. Peas have been cultivated for their edible...

(Garden Pea, Shelling Pea)

The shelling pea, ‘Wando’, is a relatively heat resistant plant that was introduced in 1943 by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Vegetable Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina. It is a shrubby, sturdy cultivar that produces lots of medium-sized peas that are shelled and eaten fresh or dried. These tend to mature later than most and are generally ready to harvest 68 to 70 day after seeding.

Few cool season crops are as satisfying and welcome in spring as the humble garden pea....