In recent months, I've been thoroughly entertained by this yellow-podded mangetout pea, my first foray into mangetout growing. The peas were a rare heritage variety supplied by the Real Seeds Catalogue. Fifteen peas were sown in mid-April and fifteen plants transferred to the pea patch in May. The plants grew very fast, climbing to the top of the 5 foot high netting in no time and would have kept on going if there were something to cling to!
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| Mauve flowers |
I don't know if this is true of all mangetout but this variety does put on quite a show.
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| Purple flowers |
Every single flower dances through hues of light pink, magenta, mauve, purple, blue.....
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| Blue flowers |
... and finally fades away to reveal the loveliest lemon yellow pod.
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| 'Golden Sweet' mangetout |
What a feast for the eyes as well as the tummy!
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| Bountiful |
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