50 AUSTRIAN WINTER PEA Caley Flower Pisum Sativum Ground Cover Crop Legume Seeds

DESCRIPTION: NAME: Austrian Winter Pea OTHER COMMON NAMES: Caley Pea / Hairy Vetchling / Austrian Winterpea SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pisum Sativum COLOR: Two-Tone Pink Flowers PLANT SEEDS: Spring or Fall BLOOM TIME: Late Winter - Spring HARDINESS ZONE: Annual PLANT HEIGHT: 24 - 36" PLANT SPACING: 9 - 12" LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average QUANTITY: 50 Seeds OTHER: The Austrian Winter Pea is cool season annual grown as a cover crop. Grow them in the summer in the north, in the winter in the south, or they will overwinter to 10 degrees F which is Zone 6. The vining plants tolerate dryness well, & can grow in heavy clay soil. Austrian Winter Peas are a legume, so can help fix the nitrogen levels of the soil to make it more fertile. The plants are quite lovely, with two-tone flowers that are pink to reddish or purplish. The pods are 1 1/2 - 2 1/2" with 3 - 5 seeds each. The pods can be collected or left to reseed. Grow Austrian Winter Peas for chickens, ducks, turkey