you’ll be happy to know that it’s very easy to learn how to grow sweet peas from seed, and now is the perfect time to do it. While you could bring your cottage garden idea to life by buying ...

Sowing sweet pea seeds in autumn offers gardeners some notable advantages. These annual flowering vines, Lathyrus odoratus, are cool-season plants that bring old-world charm to winter, spring ...

Seeds for sweet peas and native California wildflowers should be planted in November to get the best blooms this spring. • Sweet peas have a delicate, unforgettable fragrance that has never been ...

Q: I grew sweet peas this summer and loved filling the house with their flowers. The plants have finished and I was going to clear them away to the compost heap but noticed a lot of pods on them.

How many of your friends grow sweet peas in this area? I am betting not very many, although we may have fond memories of ...

Why grow sweet peas as a screen? Sweet peas need support and a screen is a great way of exploiting their natural growing habit while introducing height, colour and scent in one season. Create a ...

Sow seeds in a cold frame in autumn or straight into the ground in spring, and you'll be eating sweet, tender peas straight from the pod all through the summer months. Peas come in two varieties ...