- Name: Texas Cream Cow Pea - Other Common Names: Texas Cream 40 Cowpea / Southern Pea - Scientific Name: Vigna Unguiculata - Color: Cream Colored Pods / Cream Peas - Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost - Harvest: 75 Days - Hardiness Zone: Annual - Plant Height: 24 - 36" - Plant Spacing: 3 - 6" - Light Requirements: Sun - Soil & Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 100 Seeds - Other: Texas Cream Cow Peas Grow On Plants That Are Bushy & Compact, With Pods Above The Foliage For Easy Harvesting. These Tough Plants Are Able To Grow In Heavy Clay Or Sandy Soil, & Were Developed To Tolerate Heat & Drought, So Do An Excellent Job Of This. This Southern Pea Produces High Yields Of 6 - 8" Pods, Filled With Light Green Peas That Dry To A Cream Color. Enjoy Them Fresh, Dried, Canned, Or Frozen In Any Of The Wonderful Ways One Enjoys Peas Or Beans.