Side by side
Compare plates
Lay two plants next to each other — uses, risks, and whether either has a grow guide.
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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.
Against
Not edible — confusion with garden pea is the whole risk
Days to harvest
90–120 days from a cold sowing
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Pea
Pisum sativum
A cool-season vine you eat as pod or seed — plant early, pick often, and never confuse it with a sweet pea.
Flavor
Sweet when young. Starchy when old. Dried split pea is a winter soup, not a salad.
Symptoms
constipation, fatigue
In favor
Fixes a little nitrogen
Days to harvest
55–70 days from sow