THE LIFE OF PEA
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THE LIFE OF PEA
After the roaring success that was "I saw it on the Grapevine" the much awaited follow up series has arrived. The Pea in question is the wild version of the cultivated Sweetpea known as the Everlasting Pea.. It is a perennial and doesn't need replanting every year. The current growth is at least 10 years old. Last week on Friday there was nothing to be seen but today the first shoots had poked through probably tempted by the warm weather as some years it has been into May before it deigned to appear. The Ladybird ambled in while I was taking the photograph and serves as guide to the size of the shoots.
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Remember one in the garden when I was a child. It had no care whatsoever and came back each year.
Question: how can an "annual" be "at least 10 years old" ??
I thought the everlasting pea was a perennial , and the cultivated version an annual. Just askin' ......
Aaaanyway, bring it on - an interesting exercise in continuity .
Question: how can an "annual" be "at least 10 years old" ??
I thought the everlasting pea was a perennial , and the cultivated version an annual. Just askin' ......
Aaaanyway, bring it on - an interesting exercise in continuity .
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Perennial is the correct term. TVM for the correction.Placido wrote: ↑Tue Apr 14, 2020 8:37 amRemember one in the garden when I was a child. It had no care whatsoever and came back each year.
Question: how can an "annual" be "at least 10 years old" ??
I thought the everlasting pea was a perennial , and the cultivated version an annual. Just askin' ......
Aaaanyway, bring it on - an interesting exercise in continuity .
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DMI. I peeped into my copy of "Peas I remember" by P. P. Peabody (peece be upon him )
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One week on and the growth is really starting to accelerate now despite the dry weather.