vegetable variety
Sugar Snap
Pea · Pisum sativum
USDA hardiness range
- Zones
- 3b–7b
- Days to harvest
- 55 to 75
- Sun
- Full
- Water
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- annual
At a glance
Very sweet, crisp, edible pod with full peas; the original snap pea. Fresh raw, stir-fries, blanched salads. AAS winner, productive, the home-garden snap pea standard.
Growing Sugar Snap
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Flavor, texture, and use
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Growing notes
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Sugar Snap by zone
Zone-specific suitability, frost timing, and adjacent-zone notes.
Other pea varieties
3 sibling cultivars profiled on ZonePlant.
- Cascadia
Sweet, crisp, full snap-pea flavor; short vines (3 ft) suit small gardens. Fresh raw, stir-fries. Productive, …
- Lincoln
Sweet, classic shelling-pea flavor; long pods with 7-9 dark green peas. Fresh, freezing, classic pea soup. Her…
- Oregon Sugar Pod II
Sweet, tender, edible flat pod harvested before peas swell; classic snow pea. Stir-fries, fresh salads, garnis…
Frequently asked questions
- What zones does the Sugar Snap pea grow in?
Sugar Snap grows in USDA zones 3b through 7b.
- How does Sugar Snap compare to other pea varieties?
Sugar Snap is one of 4 pea varieties profiled on ZonePlant. See the full pea variety table for side-by-side comparison.
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