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How to sow sweet peas in January

Keen to get a head start on the gardening year? Here's everything you need to know about sowing sweet peas in January ...
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 ...
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 flower in vibrant shades of blue and purple, right down to the palest pink, making them a beautiful way to add some colour to your garden during the summer months. However, if you are ...
Daisies have a cheerful appearance, and they come in so many varieties and colors. But did you know different colors of daisies have different meanings? So if you're gifting a bouquet of daisies to ...
Their intoxicating scent is a feature of the traditional English cottage garden and earned them their delightful name. Now the sweet pea, whose Latin name lathyrus odoratus means "delicate pleasures", ...
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 ...
Sweet peas may be small-ish in size — compared to the roses and dahlias and other big-headed blossoms, that is — but they go huge, really huge, in the fancily frilly department. Stream Los Angeles ...
Sweet peas have an irresistible perfume and every winter garden should have these wonderful scented, free flowering varieties. If sown this month, sweet peas should start coming into flower in June.
CORVALLIS – Sweet peas are a classic flower in English gardens since they were introduced in the 17th century from southern Italy and have transplanted well to all parts of the world, including ...
Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Joanie Petersen's favorite flower is a sweet pea. Every year she reserves at least one of her 32 ...
See how a snap pea plant growing from a seed to harvesting pods in this 60 days time-lapse. The pea seed was sowed in a pot with potting mix soil. The seedling emerged within the first week. The plant ...