Purple Sweet Pea

Presoak seed for 24 hours in room temperature water prior to planting to aid germination.Direct seed (recommended): Sow 6 weeks before the last frost, 2-3 seeds 6" apart, 1/4- 1/2" deep.

A popular old standard sweet pea. Does best in cool spring weather. Royal Family mix produces very large blooms with solid colors of lavender, pink, purple, red, salmon and white.

Delicate shades of highly fragrant, large wavy blooms in pastel pink to blush creamy-white. Accents for trellises, fences and other living walls. Shield from direct hot sun. Adds soft colors to contrast more vivid hues of sweet peas and other climbers.

Just one cluster of cut stems delicately permeates a room with a pure, clean scent. Vines ramble to 6 ft.; an ideal choice for flowing over patio urns or climbing up a small garden trellis.

Sweet Peas will flutter into your heart, with their fairylike form, storybook charm and dreamy sweet fragrance. Great in floral arrangements and early spring bouquets. Erewhon is a reverse bicolor, with pale pink standard petal and mid-blue wings.

Presoak seed for 24 hours in room temperature water prior to planting to aid germination.Direct seed (recommended): Sow 6 weeks before the last frost, 2-3 seeds 6" apart, 1/4- 1/2" deep.

Today, sweet peas remind one of a Victrola in the parlor. Henry Eckford, the father of modern sweet peas and the leading developer in the late 1800s, produced over 100 varieties. This mix of his best has an incredible color range: shell pink, maroon,...

The large flowers have ruffled, bicolor petals on 8-12" stems, which makes them wonderful for arrangements. Plants are heat tolerant. Plants grow best in cool weather. An old-fashioned looking sweet pea, with room-filling fragrance.

Sun, partial shade. We are in love with this standout variety and its large, dense gorgeous clusters of blush cream petals, brushed rosy wing petals and pink picotee. The strong-stemmed statuesque plants, standing 4' tall, will quickly cover a trellis...

Gray-white petals with inky, blue-black streaks throughout and lining the petal edge. Spencer series flowers are known as late-flowering because they require at least 12 daylight hours, unlike more modern sweet pea varieties bred for winter production,...

We think you'll find just what you're looking for. Cut with a clean knife that has been dipped in a solution of 10% household bleach. Sow in early spring, the same time you would plant garden peas.

To prolong flowering, mulch heavily to keep the soil cool, fertilize lightly during the blooming season, and remove old blossoms. Direct sow in the garden as soon as the soil warms to at least 55°F.

Planting and Growing Tips: These uniquely-shaped flowers thrive in rich, well-drained soil but will tolerate most growing conditions. The more you cut, the more they'll grow. Seed is rare and not always available.

Once the vines start to bloom, cut the flowers for arrangements and enjoy. A true market winner! (Annual, 72″ tall) Learn more about Growing Sweet Peas here. This very fragrant sweet pea has beautiful blue and white blossoms.

Water regularly during warm, dry conditions to keep them blooming. The more you cut, the more they'll grow. Once the vines start to bloom, cut the flowers for arrangements and enjoy.

In recent years, breeders have put fragrance on the back burner, selectively breeding plants with outstanding flowers and a wide range of colors at the expense of fragrance. Where winters are mild, try growing sweet peas over fall and winter.Sweet pea...

Lawn fertilizer has a high nitrogen content, so keep it away from your sweet peas.Blossoms should be plucked off as soon as they fade to keep the plant from forming a seed pod. If they get too much nitrogen, they produce lush green foliage at the expense...

If you must water your sweet peas after a cold snap, lay the hose out in the sun to warm before spraying. You don't need to do any additional cutting back, and it's best not to fertilize at this time.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

We think you'll find just what you're looking for. Cut with a clean knife that has been dipped in a solution of 10% household bleach. Sow in early spring, the same time you would plant garden peas.

Once the vines start to bloom, cut the flowers for arrangements and enjoy. This is a very old variety, dating to the early 1700s. There's a reason that vintage flowers are so desirable! Painted Lady Sweet Pea is a delicate blend of pink and white tones,...

When you find a variety you love, why not save the seeds so you can grow them every year? This article explains how to collect sweet pea seeds.Old fashioned or heirloom sweet peas are charming and fragrant flowers.

Once the peas have sprouted to 3 to 4 inches high, theto 5 or 6 inches apart. The more blooms you cut, the more will grow, so don't be afraid of pinching out your sweet peas to enjoy the bouquets.

To hasten germination the seed can be rubbed with sandpaper and soaked for one hour in warm (110°F) water to help soften the hard seed coat. Germination occurs in 10-15 days. Best grown in full sun on a fence or trellis.

Sweet peas are vining plants, and they'll need something tall to support them as they grow. Since they're so pleasant to have around, you may want to bring them in even closer than your garden.

Because of their name, there is some confusion as to whether you can eat sweet peas. They are native to Sicily, southern Italy and the Aegean Island. There is, in fact, some toxicity to sweet peas.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

To hasten germination the seed can be rubbed with sandpaper and soaked for one hour in warm (110°F) water to help soften the hard seed coat. Germination occurs in 10-15 days. Best grown in full sun on a fence or trellis.

To prolong flowering, mulch heavily to keep the soil cool, fertilize lightly during the blooming season, and remove old blossoms. Direct sow in the garden as soon as the soil warms to at least 55°F.