is it safe to plant sweet peas in the same yard as garden peas
General Schvantzkoph said:
I bought a package of Black Knight Sweet Peas thinking that they were an
edible pea (sweet pea sounds good doesn't it). As it turns out they are
poisonous. Is there any possibility that they will cross pollinate with
my edible peas and make them poisonous?
Don't worry. Different species. Different genera.
Sweet pea = Lathyrus odoratus
Garden pea = Pisum sativum
Sweet peas are called that due to the prominent, pleasant scent.
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Pat in Plymouth MI
"Vegetables are like bombs packed tight with all kinds of important
nutrients..." --Largo Potter, Valkyria Chronicles
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