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Some varieties of garden pea grow taller than others.

Garden peas need to be provided with a support frame. The tendrils are only fairly short and so the support needs to be created using thin twiggy branches, string or netting. The ‘wigwam’ of bamboo canes above are covered with plastic netting as pea plants cannot grow up bamboo canes.