Light
Full sun in an open position.
Learn how to care for your green friend
Alderman (Tall Telephone) Pea
Pisum sativum · Alderman (Tall Telephone) Pea
Vegetables · Planned variety
Meet your green friend.
Alderman is a tall shelling pea with long pods holding several green peas.
A space where it can thrive
Grow as a cultivated garden crop in a bed or suitably sized container. The illustrated nursery pot is a presentation, not a recommendation for the mature plant’s root space.
Ask about availabilityAvailability, size, pot and price will be confirmed in store. Pictures illustrate the plant type.
Studio illustration. Appearance varies with age, variety and growing conditions.
Your care routine
Watering
Keep moisture steady through flowering and pod filling.
Soil & drainage
Cool, fertile, well-drained soil; avoid excess nitrogen.
Temperature
Plan sowing for the crop’s preferred season. Protect young plants and containers from severe frost; local conditions affect timing.
Planting
Direct sow in cool spring conditions. Add a support sized to the variety before the vines sprawl.
Harvest
Pick when peas have filled the pod, then shell them. These are shelling peas, not mature pods intended for eating whole.
Through the seasons
Heat shortens the harvest period. Pick often and sow a fresh cool-season crop where the season allows.
When your plant needs help
- Provide a roughly 2–2.5 m trellis. Harvest filled pods and shell the peas, rather than eating mature pods whole.
Pets & little ones
This guide covers a cultivated garden crop. Confirm the identity and the edible part before harvesting; wash produce and keep unverified plants away from children and pets.
Grow with your neighbourhood store.
Independent, family-owned and right here in Uptown New Westminster. Browse before your visit and keep this guide handy at home.
Visit The Golden BazaarCare references
Guidance is a starting point. Adjust watering to your plant, pot, light and season; follow fertilizer labels and check outdoor cultivar hardiness.