Peas - Blauwschokker

A stunning heritage pea variety with dark purple pods and bright green peas inside. This ornamental pea is an old European heritage variety. It has attractive pink flowers followed by lots of dark purple pods that contain tender, sweet, green peas. The delicious peas can be eaten fresh green and podded or allowed to mature for shelling and drying. Being mostly culitvated in North Germany and Holland, it is a robust and very productive variety. Traditionally this pea is eaten as a dry pea in a soup or stew but it's also very tasty and tender when eaten fresh. (Approximate seed count - 80)