Legume
Wando
B tier
Wando is a heat-resistant garden pea developed for American summers that shut down cool-loving peas—wrinkled seeds, decent sweetness, and a reputation for setting pods when nights warm. Texture and flavour are solid shelling-pea standard when watered well. Plant for late spring into warmer shoulders of the season. Mulch roots; pick small. A strategic cultivar where classic English peas abort in heat. Seasonality and storage change how Wando tastes; peak lots underline why Heat Resistant still earns a separate name in serious kitchens.
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Wando was released from South Carolina breeding for heat tolerance.
Southern and Mid-Atlantic gardeners adopted Wando for warmer springs.
Seed catalogues highlighted Wando's heat-setting advantage.
Wando remained a recommended pea where summers arrive early.