 | Blue-podded Capucijner Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum cv.). Harvested from the gardens at Monticello.The Blue-podded Capucijner (cap-ou-SIGH-nah) is a hardy pea first grown by the Franciscan Capuchin monks in Holland and Germany during the early 1600's. Its particularly beautiful, bi-colored flowers are lilac-pink and wine-red, fading to blue as they wilt; pods are deep maroon to inky purple, fading to blue and leathery brown when mature. It is best used as a soup pea by picking when the pods are full; but it can also be grown as an edible-podded... - Blue-podded Capucijner Pea Seeds (Pisum sativum cv.). |
