Great as Cover Crop

Purple-pink flowers grow among vigorous vines of Austrian winter peas, known for their thick, low-growing habit. These cover crop seeds promote soil structure and naturally crowd out unwanted growth.

Lush Green Vines

Lush green vines hold bi-colored blossoms of Austrian winter peas, displaying deep maroon and soft pink petals. This vigorous cover crop seed forms dense foliage that benefits soil health.

Pollinator-Friendly

Delicate pale-pink flowers of Austrian winter peas attract beneficial pollinators like bees, supporting healthy garden environment. These pea seeds for planting form lush, low-growing vines.

Naturally Enrich Soil Nutrients

A rich mix of Austrian winter peas seeds rests beside tender vines and a purple bloom. These pea seeds for planting are used in cover crop seed mixes to naturally enrich soil and create dense foliage.

Austrian winter peas are a cool-season annual legume which can make a very attractive food plot on their own or as an addition to a seed mixture planted in the fall to attract deer. Easy to grow and quick to germinate, winter peas are very similar to garden peas and have the same nitrogen-fixing abilities which reduces the amount of fertilizer needed in your garden.

Austrian Winter Peas are also very good for cover crops and green manure crops, building tilth and adding organic matter and thus humus to the soil. Peas like well drained and fertile loam soils. Field peas are used as a winter annual in the South and as a spring annual in the North for soil improvement and for forage. Austrian winter peas are generally grown with a small grain for pasture, hay or silage. They can be used as a cover crop or green manure crop. This cover crop seed does not tolerate high water table or any substantial flooding.

These peas have a vine-like growth that can reach lengths of 3 to 5 feet when planted in fertile soil. Winter peas are highly nutritious and extremely digestible to deer. They carry a protein level between 20 and 30 percent. Both the seed, stem and leaves are browsed by deer. Foliage color is a pale green, and the plant produces pink blooms. Austrian winter peas have moderate drought tolerance but have good winter hardiness.