Best support for sweet peas

• Autumn-sown sweet peas –
• Sow in autumn, October-November.
• Over-winter in protection, on a sunny windowsill, greenhouse or conservatory.
• Harden-off *before planting out in spring, March-May.

• Spring-sown sweet peas –
• Sow in early spring, February-March.
• Harden-off* before planting out in spring, March-May.
• Or sow seeds directly into the ground April-May.

*Hardening off helps the plants become more robust. Place them outside during the day and return them to a frost-free place at night for a couple of weeks before you plant them in the ground.

• Pinching out – Pinch out the tips of sweet pea seedlings when they have reached 10cm tall (or they have three or four pairs of leaves) to encourage lateral, busy growth.

• Where to plant – Plant in full sun in moisture-retentive but free-draining, fertile soil.

• Staking – Sweet peas need support as they grow vertically. Many species and varieties can grow to six feet tall and will not be able to support themselves. They require a teepee, net, arch or trellis to cling onto with their tendrils.

• Planting – Using a hand trowel, plant two to three seedlings at the base of each support/cane. Firm lightly and water well. 

• Tying-in – Loosely tie the plants onto the frame/structure as they grow. Initially tie them on to encourage them to grow up, and help them to “hold on”. Keep tying in as they climb. This will make them grow more quickly and prevents them from putting all their energy into holding themselves upright – resulting in longer stems. 

Use a biodegradable garden string, rather than a plastic one which will stay in your soil for ages. My jute twine string holders are the perfect accessory to have on hand for tying-in!



• Plant care –
• Feed every couple of weeks, to encourage vigorous growth (a general fertiliser or tomato feed works well).  
• Keep well-watered and water every day in particularly dry periods. Sweet peas are thirsty, hungry plants!
• Optional – pinch out the curly stems and tendrils as they grow, so that the plants direct their energy into growing longer stems and flowers.
• Keep picking flowers to promote further flowering, before they go to seed. Snip off seed pods – once they start forming seeds, they will no longer produce flowers. 

 

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Choosing appropriate support:

There are several things to consider when deciding on which structure will work best for your plants and garden. The one you choose comes down to personal preference and the budget you have to spend.

• Size – Take into account the ultimate height and spread of the sweet pea cultivar you are growing, and make sure it is big and strong enough for them.
• Style – Choose something that suits the look of your garden. For example, a homemade, willow wigwam will look fantastic in a country cottage garden, whilst an angular, metal arch will be more in keeping with modern themes.
• Price – Store-bought options vary enormously in price. Cheaper products tend to last for just one or two seasons so will need replacing regularly (which may end up in landfill, depending on what it is made from). More expensive options may be a “one-time purchase” but could be too much for your budget. DIY structures and recycled objects are very cheap, or completely free (so better for the planet too).
  

 

 

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Different types of plant support:

 

Ready-made structures –

• Trellis and lattices – Grid-like structures are commercially available from many garden centres and online stores. They can be made from wood, bamboo canes, willow sticks, plastic or metal; and can be a decorative panel, expandable trellis, or a rigid functional sheet. Available in a variety of sizes.
• Arches and pergolas – Widely available, shop-bought arches in lots of sizes and shapes – made from metal, plastic or wood.
• Netting – Purpose made pea netting can be suspended, vertically, between posts or structures, or up either side of an a-frame. Available in biodegradable jute, metal or plastic.
• Teepees, wigwams and obelisks – Generally, conical-shaped structures, are wider at the base and come to a point at the top. These are made from wood, bamboo canes, willow sticks, plastic or metal and can be purchased from most garden centres.
• Sweet pea rings – A disc-shaped ring, usually made from plastic with spaces or clips to hold canes. To use, push bamboo canes or sticks into the ground, and clip them into the sweet pea ring at the top – this creates a teepee shape very easily.
• Pea and bean maypoles – Central support with cords or ropes coming from it. To use, the pole in the middle is poked into the ground, and then the cords are pegged into the soil at equal distances away from the middle.

 

Homemade structures –

• Teepees and wigwams – Make a simple teepee from willow or hazel sticks. Insert the canes into the soil in a circle, and then bring them together and tie them at the top. Add string going around the supports at equally spaced intervals, horizontally up the teepee.You can also use bamboo canes, but consider the impact on the environment shop-bought ones have compared to using cut sticks/branches from your garden.
• I made this one from Continus sticks and placed it around an off-cut of galvanised mesh for my short Lathyrus sativus seedlings to scramble over and up.
• Arches – Get creative and make arches from “brown” (dead), bent over willow rods tied together at the top. Soak it before use to make it easier to bend. Use more rods to weave horizontally through the uprights, at regular intervals. You can use hazel sticks too, but they will not be as rounded at the top as the hazel is less pliable.
• Living arches – Create a living arch from “green” (living) willow or hazel poked into the ground and tied at the top in an arch shape. It will shoot and create a textured, organic look. Be mindful that the growth does not swamp your sweet peas and trim as necessary.
• Netting – Create a “wall” of sweet peas by suspending netting between two posts, on the side of a pergola, or over a homemade A-shaped frame. You can buy jute gardening netting or make your own from jute twine or rope.
• Trellis, lattice and pergolas – You can, of course, make lots of other structures yourself from wood, branches or even metal if you have the know-how and machinery required!
• Get inventive! Use anything that you have to hand, which will provide adequate height and strength for your sweet pea plants. Look around and see what you could use. Here are some ideas of objects to recycle and reuse as plant supports: 
• Bedsprings from an unused bed hung vertically on a wall.
• Metal headboard (for smaller varieties).
• An old screen/door with chicken wire attached to the empty panel spaces.
• A wire dress form/mannequin (for shorter varieties of sweet peas).
• Bicycle wheels attached one on top of another to a vertical support or fence panel.


Scramblers and low-growers –

• Hedges – Some species such a the super-tough perennial sweet peas (Lathyrus latifolius) will happily scramble and climb on hedges. I have a medium sized everlasting sweet pea that doesn't require any support. It climbs through my small Yew hedge and along the picket fence. The support it gets from the open branches of the bushes is all it needs and it flowers quite happily along the length of the fence.  
• Low structures and cages – Short species like Lathyrus sativus will also quite happily scramble on low structures and plants. They may require tying in initially to encourage them to go where you want them to go.
• No support required – Bushy perennials such as Spring vetchling (Lathyrus vernus) is fully hardy and will grow early in the season without the need for additional support.

 

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There are countless ways to stake your sweet peas, but hopefully, this will get you started! I would love the see your sweet pea supports, so please tag me on Instagram, @talkingofplants, so I can have a peep. Follow me there to stay up to date with my garden and updates.

 

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You will find lots of sweet pea themed items in my shop, including a men's t-shirt, women's tie-side tee, men's jumper, women's jumper and pastel-coloured tea towel.

 

To shop my range of biodegradable garden string holders, visit the homeware section of my shop. They come with 10m of genuine Nutscene® jute twine in a variety of colours. Perfect for tying in your sweet peas!

 




 

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6 Easy Tips for Growing Sweet Peas • Lovely Greens

Top tips for growing sweetly scented sweet peas. Includes how to sow seeds, growing sweet peas in containers, and choosing the right sweet pea variety for your garden.

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Growing sweet peas isn’t difficult but they do need the right soil, care, and support. Very popular in Britain, sweet peas are becoming much more known in other parts of the world as a fragrant flower for bouquets. They’re so much more than that though since they look as lovely in the garden as they smell in a vase. Growing up handmade wigwams or around the front door, their simple and colorful blossoms attract pollinators and smell incredible. Better yet, the more you pick sweet peas, the more they produce flowers. A freshly picked bouquet can last around five days and add instant natural fragrance to your home. By the time the bouquet needs refreshing, many more blossoms will have bloomed and are ready for the next bouquet.

Sweet peas are temperate climate garden flowers. That means that they love warm, but not hot, summer temperatures and plenty of rain. However, rain you can compensate for this by regular watering, and warmth can be controlled to some degree by where you plant them. If you’ve not grown sweet peas before, here are six tips to get you started.

1. Choose the right Sweet Pea Varieties

There is a dazzling array of sweet peas available and seed catalogs can be dominated by them! That means that choosing the right type can be both exciting and a little daunting. First of all, sweet peas are not the same as edible garden peas and come in two types — the scented and annual-growing Lathyrus odoratus and the unscented and perennial Lathyrus latifolius. The latter looks very similar to scented sweet peas but literally smells of nothing.

Choose the right variety of sweet peas, since some have longer stems, more fragrance, or grow taller than others.

The sweet peas that I grow, and that I’m sure you’re here to learn more about is Lathyrus odoratus. Within that species, there are many types of sweet peas bred for different colored blossoms, styles of blossoms, sizes of blossoms, and growing habits. There are even sweet peas that change color! Each sweet pea group will also have many varieties to choose from. The sweet pea variety is generally the most prominent name on the seed packet and is the name that most gardeners will know it by. The two main groups of sweet peas are:

• Grandiflora sweet peas, also called antique or heirloom sweet peas, typically grow up to seven feet tall. They have shorter stems and a lot more fragrance than modern varieties. Look for ‘Painted Lady’ and ‘Matucana’
• Spencer sweet peas, growing up to ten feet, with long stems, and a wide range of scents. They’re also more heat-tolerant so might be an option if your summers get hot. This is the type most commonly grown for the show bench and popular varieties include ‘Lipstick’ and ‘Windsor’

2. Sowing Sweet Pea Seeds

Sow sweet peas seeds into small pots or modules, rather than directly in the ground. Soak the seeds overnight, and place 1-2 seeds per pot about 1/2″ deep in multipurpose potting mix. Modules will give you more success since you can keep an eye on the seedlings in their early days. Keeping them safe from cold weather, deluge and pests are much easier done when you can lift them out of harm’s way. Sweet peas, like garden peas, will appreciate a deeper growing space since their roots grow deep, relative to their size. Although ordinary modules or pots will do, sowing seeds into deeper root trainers or toilet paper rolls can encourage stronger growth.

Pinching out the growing tips encourages much bushier growth and more eventual flowers

Sow sweet pea seeds either in autumn to winter and overwinter the small plants in an unheated greenhouse or cold frame. Many British gardeners (zone 8) sow their seeds in early autumn and leave the plants in the greenhouse all winter long. The mild winter temperatures keep the plants from growing too much, but they begin to shoot up again once it begins to warm.

Space sweet peas about eight inches apart and give them a place to grow up

If you want to start sweet peas during the winter, you’ll need to do it on a heat mat or inside the house. The sown seeds need to be kept around 10-15C (50-60F) in order to germinate. After you see green sprouts, move the modules to a place that’s kept at 5-10C (40-50F) both day and night. This slows them down so that they don’t grow too large before spring. You can also wait to sow seeds in spring, but the plants and blooms may take longer to grow.

3.

Pinch out the Growing Tips

Sweet pea plants are naturally tall single-stemmed climbers. However, if you pinch off the top growing tip of the plant when it’s young, it encourages side shoots and a thicker and more blossom-abundant plant. It’s a trick that will give you masses of sweet pea flowers and doesn’t hurt the plant at all.

Sweet peas can grow in the garden or in containers. For containers, look for varieties that don’t grow as tall.

What you do is wait until the plants are about 4-6″ tall. Then with a pair of snips or your fingernails, pinch out the top part of the plant just above the first set of leaves. This stops upward growth temporarily, and the plant will focus on creating side shoots. It’s these new shoots that will continue growing upwards and give you double or more flowers per plant.

4. Grow Sweet Peas in the Garden or Containers

Sweet peas need vertical space to grow but are flexible about where you have them planted. That means that you can plant them in your cottage garden, or plant them in large containers. If you keep a container near the door you’re greeted with a beautiful scent every time you leave and enter the house. What a great way to begin the day.

Pick flowers often, and for bouquet longevity, pick stems when one or two buds are still closed

Either way, space plants about 8″ apart and into rich soil or potting mix. Soil rich in compost and aged manure encourages lush green growth. Adding a sprinkling of bone meal encourages root growth and potassium-rich feeds and fertilizers encourage bountiful blossoms. Also, ensure that sweet peas are kept well watered or they’ll have a tendency to die back and produce fewer blooms.

5. Growing Sweet Peas on Supports

Sweet peas are fast climbers and given the right conditions, can easily grow six feet tall. What this means is that you should grow sweet peas on supports, and keep tying the plants to the supports every week as they’re growing. Tying them in with pieces of soft garden twine keeps the stems from falling down and breaking. As for supports, I’ve seen gardeners growing sweet peas on ordinary garden pea netting, on lattices, on wigwams, up trellises, and over willow arches. Feel free to get creative with how you grow your sweet peas. You could even use recycled materials to save money and add character to your growing space.

Place bouquets around your home for natural fragrance

6. Grow Sweet Peas for Cut Flowers

Though of course, sweet peas look incredible clambering up rustic trellises, you need to pick the flowers to keep them producing flowers. If you don’t, then the flowers will set seed and the plants will die back. That’s great news since you can get an ornamental flower and cut flowers in one. They’re honestly my favorite cut flower and I love keeping a bouquet on my bedside table. Waking up to their sweet scent can’t help but put a smile on your face.

To pick sweet pea flowers, use a pair of scissors, and make a cut at the base of each stem. Run your fingers from the flower downwards and make a cut just above where the stem meets the main plant. Gather a handful and make sure to get them in a vase of water as soon as possible. After cutting, the plant puts more effort into creating new flowers since what it really wants is for its flowers to turn into seeds for the next generation. That means that the more you pick, the more flowers you’ll have for both the home and blooming in the garden.

How to grow sweet peas from seeds

Sweet peas fill a flowering garden with a wonderfully delicate and sweet fragrance from late May to early October.

This herbaceous flowering climbing annual is not only a garden decoration, but also the most unpretentious plant that allows you to not spend extra effort caring for it.

And how beautiful are the bright and variegated colors of its unusual flowers, which look like a flock of multi-colored moths, sitting down to rest and bask in the bright summer sun.

Sweet peas always create an atmosphere of some kind of holiday. Looking at his cute, shiny flowers, you want to smile and rejoice. And yet - to share this joy with everyone around.

And yet - I want to close my eyes and inhale this marvelous aroma: it is not for nothing that the flower is called "fragrant". It is with the use of its aromas that the most delicate and delicate French perfumes are created.

In this article we will talk about the origin of sweet pea, its biological features, tell you when and how to sow this amazingly beautiful flower, tell you how to care for it and present the best varieties from our flower collection.

SWEET PEA: A LITTLE HISTORY

Sweet pea has been growing wild for centuries in the Mediterranean countries. More cold-resistant varieties can often be found in the thickets of the middle zone of our country.

As a cultivated plant, sweet peas have been grown in summer gardens and indoor greenhouses in Scotland, England, France and other European countries since the middle of the 17th century.

And the first cultivar was bred by a horticulturist from the Scottish nursery, Henry Eckford, taking as a mother plant an unprepossessing kind of sweet pea with a stunningly delicate and pleasant smell.

The breeder crossed it with the most large-flowered and brightest species of the same plant, and as a result he got a real sensation - a climbing liana with surprisingly bright and fragrant flowers, which won the hearts of the local nobility.

And after 5 - 6 years there was not a single garden or park where these wonderful multi-colored beauties would not grow, named sweet peas because of the amazing aroma of .

Henry Eckford's followers from Scotland, England, Holland, France and other countries developed more than a hundred new varieties of sweet peas, which were creepers from 1.5 to 3.5 m and were decorated with multi-colored large flowers. And each had its own unusually delicate and delicate aroma.

The selection of sweet peas in Russia began in the 30s of the last century.

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Sweet pea (sweet pea) belongs to flowering herbaceous plants of the legume family. This is a vine that can reach 4 m in length.

Flowers - calyx, consisting of 5 fused sepals, 9 fused stamens and pistil. The multi-seeded ovary is located on top.

The fruit is a bivalve bean. The seed is round, large (up to 5 mm), sometimes squeezed on one or two sides. Seeds, depending on the variety, can have a color from light yellow to dark brown, almost black.

Leaves are paired, consisting of 2 - 3 pairs of leaflets, At the end there are antennae, with the help of which sweet pea clings to other plants that serve as its support.

Sweet pea is a self-pollinating plant. However, in extreme heat, this crop can become cross-pollinated.

The root system of sweet peas is deep, taproot, branching. In the hot season, it is able to get moisture and nutrients from the lower layers of the soil, and almost completely provide itself with them.

By nature, sweet pea is a perennial plant. However, in our cold climate it is grown as an annual crop.

Some amateur gardeners use sweet pea vines as indoor plants for year-round decoration of their apartments, conservatories or greenhouses.

Sweet pea seeds are hard to germinate, so for residents of the northern regions we recommend growing it through seedlings.

Some species and varieties may produce their first shoots 2 to 3 months after sowing. Such in a relatively warm climate, we recommend sowing before winter directly to a permanent place.

With the seedling method, sweet pea seeds should be sown for seedlings in late March - early April (before the 7th - 10th). Then the flowering of these amazingly fragrant and tender vines will begin at the end of May.

The shortest varieties of sweet peas germinate and bloom the fastest (usually 2 weeks after sowing). This is exactly what we offer you.

HOW TO GROW MUCH PEA SEEDLES FROM SEEDS

Soak sweet pea seeds for 4-5 days in a solution of "Zircon" and "Cytovit" (4 drops per glass of water). Water for the solution should be warm (about + 38 ... + 40 degrees).

Cover the soaked seeds with a wet cloth and place in a warm room with a temperature of +25…+27 degrees.

Keep the soaking pads very damp at all times, but do not cut off the air to the seeds with water, otherwise they may "suffocate".

After that, plant the swollen seeds in peat pots with a diameter of at least 10 cm to a depth of 2 cm, put the cups on a tray and expose them to a bright window (best in a south or south-west direction).

Cover the trays with transparent foil until the first sprouts appear.

Soil for growing sweet pea seedlings is better to use ready-made - with a neutral reaction for growing flower seedlings, bought in a specialized store. After the appearance of sprouts, remove the film.

Some gardeners plant sweet pea seeds in large boxes. But we do not recommend that you do this, since with further picking into separate containers, part of the seedlings may die - sweet pea is a very delicate plant, especially at the beginning of its life.

Reduce the room temperature to +18…+20 degrees.

Before planting in the ground, fertilize twice with urea (a teaspoon per liter can of water) or some special flower fertilizer.

2 weeks before transplanting to the flower bed, start hardening the seedlings, taking them out during the day in sunny weather for 4-6 hours to the balcony or loggia.

TRANSPLANTING SMART PEAS TO BED

We have told you how to grow sweet peas from seeds. Now let's talk about how to transplant his seedlings and how to care for them.

Seat selection . Sweet pea is a light-loving plant, so it must be planted in an open, well-lit place, especially since it will bloom and smell fragrant with its aroma all summer long.

The culture does not tolerate close occurrence of groundwater (closer than 1.5 m from the ground). Therefore plant it in flowerbeds at least 50 cm high.

Planting dates . We recommend planting seedlings of sweet peas in open ground after May 20-25, when the threat of return spring frosts has passed.

Soils . Sweet peas love light, loose and very fertile soils with a neutral reaction. Therefore, when digging a flower bed, add (per 1 sq. M.): 2 buckets of rotted manure, 2 buckets of leafy soil, a bucket of sand, half a bucket of wood ash, 2 tbsp. spoons of superphosphate and 1.5 tbsp. spoons of potassium sulfate.

You will have to first deacidify acidic soils (a month before planting seedlings) with dolomite flour (at the rate of 2 kg per 5 sq. m of a flower bed).

Planting seedlings . Smooth the surface of the flower bed well with a rake, combing out the remnants of weed roots. After that, pour the flower bed very well with warm water (at the rate of 3 buckets per 1 sq. M) and leave it for a day so that the earth sags.

It is better to plant seedlings in the early morning or in the evening (after 18:00), so that the seedlings do not “burn” in the sun.

In the flower bed, dig planting holes 1.5 times the capacity of the peat pot. Then, in loose soil, the root system of plants will develop faster.

Distance between seedlings - 20 - 40 cm (depending on the height of the variety). For tall varieties, stretch the mesh along the plantings, then it will be very easy for sweet peas to grow in height, clinging with their antennae to the cells of the thread mesh.

Low growing varieties do not require support.

Shade the plants with old sheets or agrofibre during the day until the plants are rooted.

After planting, water the flower bed well with warm water and mulch the ground around the flowers with straw. It will retain moisture in the soil and inhibit the growth of weeds.

Watering . Sweet peas are very fond of water, so you need to water it in the first month - every other day, then - 2 times a week (1 watering can for each plant).

Top dressing. Due to its powerful root system, sweet peas do not need frequent fertilization. In addition, when planting, he received enough nutrients.

But one or two top dressings with a solution of liquid mullein (at a concentration of 1:10) at the beginning of flowering will not hurt him.

Cutting. Remember to pick off any faded flowers regularly and collect young green beans. This will prolong the flowering of your delicate beauties.

THE BEST SWEET PEA FROM OUR UNIQUE COLLECTION

We have given you a very detailed guide on how to grow sweet peas from seed for your flower garden.

In conclusion, we present to you our best varieties of this bright, and very beautifully flowering climbing herbaceous plant.

Best varieties:

Fantasy Color carpet, Little sweetheart.

Bright Sets:

Spencer Bright Set, Royal Bright Set.

You can read more about these varieties and sets of them on our website or in the SPRING 2021 catalog.

And you can buy them from us today!

Sweet pea flowers: cultivation, varieties

Author: Violetta Larina

Sweet pea flowers are cold-resistant, photophilous, prefer a moderately humid climate and rich, well-drained soils with neutral acidity. For growing sweet peas, you need to choose moderately warm places, protected from the winds.

Breeders love sweet pea flowers so much that they have created thousands of charming varieties. All of them are divided into a number of groups, differing among themselves in height, type of growth, size and shape of flowers, length of the peduncle and the number of flowers on it, flowering time. The earliest ones bloom 70-75 days after sowing, the later ones after 85-90 days.



Botanical description of sweet pea

Sweet pea flowers: cultivation

The fame of one of the most exquisite fragrant garden annuals rightfully belongs to the sweet pea, also known among flower growers under the name sweet pea.

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The homeland of this flower is the south-west of Italy, but England became its second homeland, where many beautiful varieties appeared, which are very popular, grown everywhere, and even the Royal Society of Sweet Pea Lovers has been created.

Flowers consist of five petals, the top of which is the largest, called a sail, two middle ones are oars, two lower ones are fused - a boat. The diameter of the flowers can be, depending on the variety, 3-6 cm, and the shape of the sail can be from smooth to wavy. The flowers are collected in brushes, having from three to sixteen flowers (in the latter, the length of the peduncle can reach 50 cm).

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Sweet peas are dark purple, lavender, lilac, blue, pink, cream, white and almost black. There are varieties with solid flowers, others have a more saturated color at the end of the petals. They can be two-tone and even speckled. Perhaps, so far there is only a bright yellow color of flowers.

According to its biology flowers, sweet pea is an annual plant with a highly branched root system, long, thin stems from 25 to 220 cm high, with paired leaves and strong branched tendrils clinging to supports.


Sweet pea varieties

Spencer sweet peas

The vast majority of sweet pea varieties are of foreign origin. I propose to get acquainted with the best of them (I will not indicate the color of the flowers, since the varieties usually included in each variety group together represent almost the entire colorful palette).

Galaxy - late flowering, height 180-220 cm, 12 flowers on a peduncle 35-40 cm long.

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Jet Set – medium flowering time, height 75-90 cm, 7-8 flowers on peduncle 20-25 cm long.

Cuthbertson Floribunda – medium flowering time, height 160-220 cm, on a peduncle 30-35 cm long, from 4 to 8 flowers.

Mammut - early flowering, height 25-30 cm, on a peduncle 20-25 cm long, from 5 to 7 flowers.

Multiflora Gigantea – early flowering period, height 220-250 cm, 6-12 flowers on a flower spike 30-55 cm long.

Early Spencer – early flowering period, height 160-200 cm, 3-4 flowers on a peduncle 20-35 cm long.

Royal Family – early flowering, height 180-220 cm, 5-8 flowers on peduncle 35-45 cm long.

Spencer – medium flowering period, height 160-220 cm, 3-4 flowers on a peduncle 20-25 cm long.

Bijou – late flowering period, height 30-40 cm, 5-6 flowers on peduncle 10-15 cm long.

Knee-Hai – medium flowering time, about 60 cm high, 5-6 flowers on a peduncle 15-20 cm long.

Little Sweetheart – medium flowering time, height 20-30 cm, 2-3 flowers on a peduncle 5-7 cm long.

Cupid – medium flowering time, height 20-30 cm, 2-3 flowers on a peduncle 5-7 cm long.

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It happens that even these famous variety groups feel uncomfortable in our still harsh climate. More adapted to the conditions of Russia are domestic varieties, for example, those created by the breeder G. D. Levko. Varieties of its selection bloom earlier, therefore, unlike foreign ones, their seeds ripen, and besides, they are not inferior in decorative effect.

I will list the popular varieties of sweet pea flowers of domestic selection: Alice , Cremona , Termsius , Vera , Geniana , Galina , Lyusienna , Lizette , Floriad .


Sweet pea flowers: growing

Sweet pea seedlings

Sweet pea flowers can be grown both through seedlings and by sowing directly to a permanent place in the garden. Sowing in the ground can be started as soon as the soil warms up (in the middle lane in the first decade of May, in the southern regions in April).

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When growing fragrant chickweed through seedlings, pre-soaked and hatched seeds should be sown from late February to mid-April. Sowing is carried out in pots with a diameter of 6-7 cm. Planting must be carried out very carefully, without destroying the earthy coma, since peas do not tolerate transplanting. The distance between plants depends on the variety: 15-20 cm for border varieties, 25-30 cm for tall ones. Flowering occurs in 70-90 days after sowing.

Sweet pea flowers are very responsive to care. Loosening and mulching the soil, fertilizing every 10-15 days with organic or mineral fertilizers (before flowering, nitrogen - 10-15 g per 10 l of water, during flowering complex - 15-20 g per 10 l of water) prolong the life of flowers, make coloring petals are brighter, shoots are juicier.

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In dry weather, regular watering is necessary, in rainy weather protection from excessive moisture is desirable. Because sweet peas suffer equally from both lack of water and its excess.


The use of sweet peas in landscape design

Sweet peas in landscape design

The variety of sweet pea groups allows for several options for decorating the site, various uses in landscape design. They make borders and borders from low plants, plant them in balcony boxes, containers, pots, planters.

High varieties that need support are used to decorate the walls of houses, arbors, pergolas. Or grown as an accent in flower beds and lawns, in flower beds.

And taking into account the marvelous aroma of fragrant chin, in the country they often allocate space for it in recreation areas (near benches, on the patio) or grow undersized varieties along the paths.

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