Hold on - this is not the fragrant annual sweet pea flower you remember from home (I'll write about those gems in a future article). This plant is an evergreen shrub producing vibrant violet/purple ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

This vegetable is easy to cultivate indoors.

Peas are an excellent vegetable crop to add to your garden in January. Not only can they provide you with some tasty produce, ...

It’s time to think about planting peas. When I think about peas I think of standing in my mother’s northern garden in the summer sunshine eating peas right off the vine. I frequently had to be ...

A staple of the summer garden, peas are among the easy-to-grow vegetables that'll thrive in shady areas. Lathyrus oleraceus (formerly Pisum sativum) is the scientific name covering several pea ...

Add this small but rewarding vegetable to your garden. Stacy Tornio has authored more than 15 books about animals, nature, and gardening. She is a master gardener and master naturalist. While peas are ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

All of the different plants on Earth—from mango trees to marigolds—have come about thanks to the simple rules of genetic inheritance, which determine how traits are passed on from one generation to ...

Pea plants can demonstrate sensitivity to risk -- namely, that they can make adaptive choices that take into account environmental variance, an ability previously unknown outside the animal kingdom.