Sugar Snap Pea – Purple Magnolia

(10 Plug Plants)

Easy-to-grow plug plants

Great for small gardens

Really good croppers

Estimated Delivery from mid-May

£6.99

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Crunchy purple pods!

These sugar snap pea plants will scramble up a trellis or support to approximately 1.5m tall. They produce beautiful purple pods that you can enjoy raw or steamed or stir-fried. Very eye- catching in the veg patch! The plug plants are easy to grow and full growing instructions come with your delivery.

Number of plants: 10 plug plants

Variety: Purple Magnolia (organic)

In the kitchen: Sweet, crunchy, and delicious raw or cooked or even pickled or roasted! Sugar snap peas are a wonderfully versatile vegetable. Try steaming them or stir-frying.

Everything you need to know about these plants

Delivery & FAQ’s

If you order now we would estimate delivery from mid-late May. Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

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About the Plants

All our pea plants come bare-rooted and ready to be planted out.

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Growing Pea Plants

Once you've got a support for them to climb, peas should do really well.

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So, I planted my peas during the last week of May (I think) and have been lovingly nurturing them since. I've grown peas before and I really like the taste of them fresh from their pods - they are completely different from frozen peas from the supermarket with a sweetness and texture that I suspect could convert anyone who claims that they don't like peas. So there they were, growing away in my pots made from old tyres and looking very rustic and earthy when I noticed that they were in fact mange-touts. I dropped the guys at Rocket Gardens a quick email to say that they'd sent me the wrong plants by mistake, and they said they'd send me some new ones. Great! But I was going away for 10 days so I asked if the new peas could wait until my return. This was no problem from the helpful team at Rocket Gardens, and I went off "up country" leaving my veg patch unattended for 10 days. Upon my return I was out weeding in the veg patch when I noticed something strange about my peas. Once more I picked up the phone to Rocket Gardens. "Um, you know those mangetout plants that you sent me by mistake...? Yeah, they're actually peas." I'm not sure how I didn't notice this before when I last grew peas, but in case anyone else makes the same mistake...the pods start off flat and then fatten up as the peas inside get bigger. Silly me. [post_title] => Diary of a Rocket Gardener...growing peas [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => diary-rocket-gardener-growing-peas [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-06-30 15:03:28 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-06-30 14:03:28 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.rocketgardens.co.uk/?p=5475 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 226604 [post_author] => 4 [post_date] => 2021-07-22 12:41:53 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-07-22 11:41:53 [post_content] => Add a simple herby dressing to fresh beans and mangetout peas from the garden and enjoy it warm or cold. Ingredients (serves 4 as a side dish)

300g beans & peas: (e.g. any combination of french beans, runner beans, mange tout & sugarsnap)
1 handful fresh parsley and oregano leaves, finely chopped (you could easily substitute these for other herbs - chervil, coriander or marjoram would work well)
1 clove garlic, finely crushed
3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp red wine vinegar
half teaspoon caster sugar or honey
2-3 spring onions, finely chopped (optional)
A pinch of sea salt (and chilli flakes if you fancy!)

Method

Make the herb dressing by putting all the ingredients (apart from the beans & peas!) into a jar, close the lid and shake really well.
Bring a pan of water to the boil and add the beans and peas. Cook on a high heat for 3-4 minutes until just tender, then drain and run under cold water to stop them from over cooking.
Let the beans/peas dry in a colander, then mix into a bowl with the dressing. Serve warm or cold.

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