One of my projects this Spring is to work out how to identify the many different species of wild pea species.  I have tens of photographs of pea flowers from last Spring which I’ve been unable to identify because I didn’t photograph the leaves or the calyx well enough. Both of these features are important in distinguishing between species.

Happily, the peas are just beginning to open now.  At the moment, the one in the photograph below is still unidentified, but I hope to add it to the species list soon.  I wanted to share it now because I think they are beautiful and it is great to see some colour coming back in the wild parts of the property, as well as the cultivated gardens.