New, old and resistant pea varieties: We present the best varieties, seeds and seeds of which can also be ordered online from specialist retailers.

Purple peas are particularly eye-catching in the garden

The selection of pea seeds is enormous and may leave many hobby gardeners spoiled for choice. The variety ranges from field peas to wrinkled peas, pate peas to mangetout. The pea plants generally differ in colour, shape, origin, season and of course in the harvest time.

You can buy seeds for peas in garden shops, hardware stores or online from us. You can also find more information about the sowing and harvesting time of the respective variety on the seed packet. We have put together some new breeds and a few well-established ones for you below:

Field peas

  • Alvesta: new breed with good yields and high protein content.
  • Respect: good growth, high yield and good port content.

Pawny Peas

  • Excellence: new variety with excellent fruit quality; very productive.
  • Grandera: robust growth and very hardy; high yields and particularly good aroma.
  • Markana: extremely robust with compact growth; no climbing aid necessary; good flavor.
  • Sublima: medium late pea variety with high sugar content; good aroma with high yields; resistant to burn spot fungi, powdery mildew and fusarium.
  • Kelvedon miracle: medium early variety with good yields; the so-called wonder of Kelvedon, has maintained its place in the diverse assortment of varieties.

You can find more varieties of wrinkled peas here: A portrait of wrinkled peas: cultivation and varieties.

Peas

  • Earliest of May: extremely early to harvest compared to other peas; very tasty shell pea with good yields.
  • Blauschwokker: well-tried and traditional variety from Holland; pretty violet pods; robust growth; high yield and good aroma.
  • Feltham First: one of the first varieties of the year with deep green pods; compact growth; cultivation is possible without a climbing aid; good flavor.
  • Early Harzerin: proven, very earlyVarieties with robust growth.
  • Kleine Rheinländerin: traditional and extremely robust variety; medium maturity; dark green pods with partly lush kernels.

You can find more varieties of shell peas here: Portrait of shell peas: Cultivation and varieties.

Sweet Peas

  • Ambrosia: proven German variety with quite fleshy grains; good aroma and good yields.
  • Delikata: if harvested early, the pods can still be eaten with the skin on; Resistance to powdery mildew and Fusarium.
  • Mid-high Normand: one of the early ripening varieties with light green pods and green-yellow seeds.
  • Norli: one of the more modern varieties with a very compact habit; ideal for the balcony or terrace; quite productive despite the compact growth; aromatic sugar snap peas.
  • Vroege Hendriks: very early variety; perfect for growing in Germany.

You can find more types of sweet peas here: Portrait of sweet peas: cultivation and varieties.

You can find out how to grow the different types of peas in your own garden in our article on sowing peas.

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