Sweet peas are easy-to-grow, hardy annuals. If you live in USDA Zone 7 or warmer, plant them outdoors in late fall. Elsewhere, plant them from late winter to very early spring. The seedlings can ...

Discover what to do with sweet peas in June. These five tasks can help you get the most out of your blooms. It's time to cut ...

Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a colorful and fragrant climbing plant popular in cottage gardens for its ease of growth and charming appearance. Native to the Mediterranean, these full-sun plants ...

I’ve loved sweet peas for as long as I can remember. I mean, who couldn't be obsessed with their ruffled little petals and unrivalled scent? My all-time favorite? 'Matucana,' most probably, a heritage ...

• Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

To get the very best out of our plants we must do some simple tasks. A few minutes a day will be the difference in displays on offer. A regular feed is important as Sweet Pea are very hungry plants.

Hold on - this is not the fragrant annual sweet pea flower you remember from home (I'll write about those gems in a future article). This plant is an evergreen shrub producing vibrant violet/purple ...

Sweet peas need lots of tender loving care to keep them looking amazing. We must keep deadheading them to prevent the flowers from turning to seed pods. At this time of year, sweet peas can go from ...

No summer garden is complete without sweet peas. With super-abundant, delicate flowers with a heavenly perfume, they are addictive to grow, not least for their cut-flower potential, filling our homes ...

We'll guess that many people might answer such a question with "a sweet pea smells like a sweet pea," and anyone querying on the topic would need to be satisfied with the somewhat opaque but totally ...