Lathyrus odoratus Help for Heroes Mixture
spencer sweet pea seed Help for Heroes
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
- Flowering period: June to September
- Flower colour: mixed red, purple and lavender
- Other features: highly scented flowers
- Hardiness: hardy annual
This is a great way to show your support to our armed forces as £1.00 from every packet sold will go to the Help for Heroes charity. The collection contains three vibrantly coloured sweet peas (one red, one purple and one lilac), all of which have a deliciously strong scent. They will jazz up your garden all through summer and will also provide you with lots of cut flowers. - Garden care:From October to late February, sow seeds into deep pots or root trainers filled with a good-quality seed compost and place them in a cold frame. Pinch out the tips as the plants grow to encourage them to become bushier and produce more flowers, and harden off before planting out in early April. Direct sowings can also be made in October or March-April. It is important to remove the faded flowers before they set seed, so picking them to fill a vase inside will only encourage more to form.
- Sow: October-April
- Flowering: June-September
- Approximate quantity: 40 seeds.
Lathyrus odoratus 'Beaujolais'
spencer sweet pea seed Beaujolais
One of the darkest forms
Slim multi-purpose soft-tie
Slim multi-purpose soft-tie
Tie is designed for use with the thinner, delicate stems of climbing annuals
Willow poles
Willow poles
Ideal for runner beans and sweet peas
Root trainers
Root trainers
Perfect for seeds, seedlings and plugs
Pastel sweet peas collection
spencer sweet pea seed
A ready-made mix of pastels
Velvet sweet pea collection
spencer sweet pea seed
A lush blend of velvet shades
Candy sweet pea collection
spencer sweet pea seed
A headily scented pink mix
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Many flowering plants can be encouraged to produce better and longer-lasting displays with the minimum of effort. A plant produces flowers in order to reproduce and ensure the survival of the species. Once a plant has flowered and fertilisation has...
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Deadheading will prevent them setting seed and so use their energy producing a further flush of blooms later on. Plants that respond well to deadheading include annuals such as Ageratum, Alyssum, Antirrhinum, Calendula, Centaurea, Cosmos, Dahlia, foxglove, Californian poppy, sweet...
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