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Sweet pea

Lathyrus odoratus

The perfume pea that is not a pea — a cool-season climber whose flowers are a vase, and whose seeds are a caution.

Flavor

Perfume in the nose, not on the tongue. Do not taste the seed.

Symptoms

In favor

True perfume

Against

Not edible — confusion with garden pea is the whole risk

Grow lab

Yes

Days to harvest

90–120 days from a cold sowing

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