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Award-winning sweet pea collection highly scented

Award-winning sweet pea collection highly scented

Award-winning sweet pea collection highly scented

sweet pea seed collection

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Sweet peas are enduringly popular climbing annuals, that make excellent cut flowers. The ones in this collection are all award-winning (RHS),...

approx 60 seeds

~~£11.17~~ £8.94

available to order from spring

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Seed Packets (only) £2.99

Plant description

Sweet peas are enduringly popular climbing annuals, that make excellent cut flowers. The ones in this collection are all award-winning (RHS), and have a strong scent, which will help fill your garden (and your home if you cut them) with their delicious perfume.

What's included:

In this collection you will receive one packet of approximately 20 seeds of each of the following three cultivated varieties (approximately 60 seeds).

Lathyrus odoratus 'Charlie's Angel': Highly scented lavender-blue flowers add an alluring touch to cottage gardens or informal planting schemes, when they can be allowed to scramble over supporting obelisks, arches or trellis. Their soft colouring mixes well with stronger purples, blues and pinks. Grows to 1.8m

Lathyrus odoratus 'Gwendoline': Creamy-white petals, which look like they have been dipped in pink icing sugar, form luscious sprays of flowers that appear in profusion in summer. This headily-scented variety looks great scrambling over an obelisk or sprawling over a hospitable, neighbouring shrub. Cut the flowers to fill your home with perfume, or leave them outside for the bees buzz about. Grows to 1.8m

Lathyrus odoratus 'King's High Scent': The delicate picotee colouring of this sweet pea, coupled with the flowers unusually powerful scent, make this a beautiful addition to the flower garden. Where space is at a premium, try filling large pots with them, and top it with a woven obelisk that they can scramble over. Throughout summer you will have a stunning feature for your terrace. Grows to 1.8m

Flowering period

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Plant features

Position

Full sun

Rate of growth

Fast-growing

Soil

Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil

Hardiness

Fully hardy

How to care for Sweet pea collection highly scented:

After the risk of frost has passed, and before spring planting, incorporate lots of well-rotted organic matter in the planting area and backfill. Once planted out, keep sweet peas well-watered, especially during dry spells, as they dislike drying out. Tie in the stems regularly to their supports to keep them upright and prevent tangling. Feed every couple of weeks with a high-potash fertiliser once flowering starts to encourage continuous blooms.

Remove faded flowers promptly to prevent seed pods forming, as this will prolong flowering. Keep an eye out for pests such as aphids and treat early to prevent damage. Regular picking not only keeps the display going but also provides plenty of blooms for the house.

Sowing instructions:

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 sowing can also be made in October, where plants will be more advanced for the following year, 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.

Warning

Humans/Pets: Pods and seeds are not edible

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