Pea Database Collaboration Project/Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia, the first purple podded snap pea

Sugar Magnolia

Basic Information

Alternative Names: none.

Crop Type: Snap (edible podded)
Latin name: Pisum sativum L. 'Sugar Magnolia'
Vine Height: 6-8 ft (2m)
Pod Color: Purple
Flowers: Bicolor purple
Origin: Bred by Alan Kapuler (Peace Seeds)
Linkage Group:
Traits & Loci: Hyper-tendril (aka. Semi-Leafless), purple podded, snap pea
JIC Geneotype:
Hardiness: Easier to grow than other Snap Pea varieties
Notable Traits: Hyper-tendril (aka. Semi-Leafless), purple podded, snap pea
Time to Maturity: Pick pods early as they tend to get tough with age
Approx. Growing Degree Days (GDD):
Known Supplier(s): [Adaptive Seeds], [Baker Creek], [Botanical Interests], [Burpee], [Log House Plants], Peace Seeds, [Peace Seedlings] [Pinetree Garden Seeds], [RH Shumway], [Territorial] and others (as of 2018)

Description

The first puple-podded snap pea, a product of 15 years of breeding. As described by Dr. Alan Kapuler (the breeder): "Unexpectedly, the cross of a Parsley Bush Pea with a Purple Podded Snap Vine Pea generated the hypertendril trait. Hypertendrils are very distinctive, they hold a population of peas together, a useful self-supporting characteristic." (source: http://peaceseedslive.blogspot.com/ )

Hyper-Tendril is also known as Semi-Leafless.