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A fast growing plant providing good ground cover, that grows like clover and will smother weeds. It produces pretty red pea-like flowers followed by delicious winged pods combining the flavour of both peas and asparagus. Harvest pods when 3cm long (no longer, or they will be fibrous and tough), steam and serve with butter. Seeds from larger pods can be cooked and eaten like peas. Shoot tips can also be eaten in salads. Cutting the plants back by half and feed with liquid fertiliser to trigger a second crop in autumn. Nitrogen fixing where symbiotic bacteria are present.
9cm pot. Available Nov – Feb.
Photos: Kahikatea farm, except pods: Wikimedia Commons
N.B. Shipping costs are added AFTER you have placed your order, you will then be emailed an invoice with bank details.
Smallest box rate:
This can fit up to 9 plants in 9cm pots.
Shipping a single tree can be expensive. We may be able to fit more in the box for the same price! See our shipping rates for single and multi tree boxes.
Combining sizes?
No problem, we will work out the best rate for you once you’ve placed your order.
Jo has a passion for growing herbs but is not a qualified herbalist and has no medical background.
We are lucky to have Patricia Beagle working here at times, who is qualified, and some of her advice does appear on these pages, but herbs act differently for different people and can interact with other medicines. We therefore always recommend that you consult with your own qualified health-care practitioner before using herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing or on any medications.
Kahikatea Farm cannot take any responsibility for any adverse effects from the use of the plants or a plant not having the effect it is reputed to have.
