How to grow peas at home - A beginner's guide to planting seeds in pots and containers There is a massive 35,000 hectares of peas grown in the UK each year ...

A new, dwarf snow pea called Snow Pea Purple (T&T Seeds, W.H. Perron), recommended for growing in containers, has beautiful bicoloured flowers that are similar to those of Carouby de Mausanne ...

The good news is that a traditional dedicated space is not needed to grow food.

Plant breeders have come to your rescue! There are now wonderful single-colour container sweet peas, as well as varieties with splashes and stripes.

Peas are great space savers – they grow upwards rather than outwards – and city gardeners can grow dwarf varieties in pots.

8 Peas can be harvested after 60 days of growing Credit: Alamy How do you grow garden peas from the seed? Growing garden peas from seed is an enjoyable and rewarding gardening experience.

If you want to grow peas in a container, try Little Crunch, a delicious new snap pea developed especially for growing in containers. These versatile and ornamental 24-30 inch vines grow quickly ...

Snow peas and sugar snap peas also like to grow in full sun and in a garden bed that is well drained. Dig in some compost and build up the bed a little to provide that drainage.