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Pea 'Champion Of England' (Maincrop)

Pisum sativum

Hardy Annual

FROM £11.99

Heritage variety with a tall; climbing habit

Abundant crops with up to 10 peas per pod

Ideal for producing maximum crops where space is at a premium

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Choose available pack sizes:

15 Peat-Free Multisown Garden Ready Plants

£11.99

30 Peat-Free Multisown Garden Ready Plants

£16.99

Please note: This product cannot be delivered outside the United Kingdom.

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Maincrop

This heritage variety was once regarded as the tastiest, most productive climbing pea that a gardener could grow. At lot has changed since the 1870’s but Pea 'Champion Of England' remains a fine cultivar which still deserves a place on today’s vegetable plots. Incredibly tall plants produce plenty of pods, each packed with up to 10 peas with a sweet and juicy flavour. Their tall habit means that you can produce a surprisingly good yield in a small area – perfect for gardens where space is at a premium. Height: 2.5m (8’). Spread: 25cm (10").

Supplied as peat free plugs/9cm pots.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Plant Size Height Up to 250cm (98in)
Spread Up to 25cm (10in)

Hardiness & Longevity Hardy Annual

Ideal For kitchen garden

Position In full sun

Flowering Months Harvest Months

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Codes
30 Peat-Free Multisown Garden Ready Plants (KF6577)
15 Peat-Free Multisown Garden Ready Plants (KB9688)

Plant out peas in moist, fertile, well drained soil in full sun. Allow a distance of 75cm (30") between rows.

Support pea plants with twiggy sticks, wire or netting as they grow, and use fine netting to protect pea crops from birds and pea moth damage. When growing peas, regular and thorough watering especially when in flower will improve crop yields. Harvest peas around 14 weeks after sowing when the pods have swollen. Regular picking will encourage further cropping.

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

Orders for packets of seed incur a delivery charge of £2.99.

Orders which include any other products will incur a delivery charge of £6.99.

Where an order includes both packets of seeds and other products, a maximum delivery charge of £7.99 will apply - regardless of the number of items ordered.

Large items may incur a higher delivery charge - this will be displayed in your shopping basket.

Please see our Delivery page for further details, and more information on different charges that may apply to certain destinations.

For more information on how we send your plants please visit our Helpful Guide on plant sizes.

Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.