Back in January a fantastic blogger Beryl from https://mudandgluts.com did a charity fund raiser for the Samaritans. She offered packs of rare or interesting varieties of seed, many of which she saved herself, for £1.75 a pack. We were able to purchase 4 packets each. I really hope she does the same again next year, it was great and she raised a whooping £320.50!
So, what did I choose? I went for 2 peas and 2 beans. I can not wait to see them grow, have a taste and save more seed for the future! Here is the splurge....... (info from mudandgluts.com and realseeds.)
Magnolia Blossom Tendril Pea – a new hyper-tendril tall sugarsnap with beautiful pink flowers. Not available for sale in the UK. (15 seeds)
An innovative hypertendril snap pea bred by Dr. Alan Kapular PhD. Hypertendril plants make enlarged tendrils in place of some leaves. The tendrils make for a more open habit, allowing better air flow and reducing diseases. And they are also great to eat! They are wonderful in salads or as a garnish, and they taste just like peas! Sturdy 5-6’ plants are very productive. The plants yield deliciously sweet snap peas for weeks. Vigorous vines produce bi-color flowers. Flavor peaks just before the string turn red.
Kent Blue Pea – a heritage mangetout with pink flowers changing to pale blue and navy. Only available from the Heritage Seed Library in the UK. (15 seeds)
Donor Mr J Hadow’s grandfather of Sevenoaks, Kent was given this pea in the 1940s and the family have grown it ever since. Its attractive bicoloured flowers start off maroon/pink, turning blue on maturing, followed by small, crisp, sweet pods, perfect for eating as mangetout, or allowing to develop a little more and using as sweet fresh peas. Garden Organic's Pauline Pears says, “The best pea I have ever grown.” Guardian Jean Goldberry adds, “Divine in bloom and the bees love it. Non-stop production, no plant could do more.”
The exact origins of this pea are unknown, but it has apparently been saved as a family heirloom since the 1940s in Sevenoaks, Kent.
Cherokee Trail of Tears beans - climbing French beans which can be eaten as green beans or when maturevas dried black beans. This bean was originally from the native North American Cherokee people. In 1838 they were driven out of their homelands in the state of Georgia by the US government to make room for more European, a forced march known as the 'trail of Tears' . This bean is one of the heirlooms thet managed to keep with them and has been passed on from generation to generation ever since.
Cara la Virgen de la Banera Leon climbing bean- Gorgeous round beans with a brown pattern round the hilum. Needs a long season but climbs to 10-12ft and gives masses of dried beans. Not available in the UK. )
Cherokee Trail of Tears beans - climbing French beans which can be eaten as green beans or when maturevas dried black beans. This bean was originally from the native North American Cherokee people. In 1838 they were driven out of their homelands in the state of Georgia by the US government to make room for more European, a forced march known as the 'trail of Tears' . This bean is one of the heirlooms thet managed to keep with them and has been passed on from generation to generation ever since.
Cara la Virgen de la Banera Leon climbing bean- Gorgeous round beans with a brown pattern round the hilum. Needs a long season but climbs to 10-12ft and gives masses of dried beans. Not available in the UK. )
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