Growing sweet peas from seed is rewarding and relatively straightforward, but as with most things, problems can sometimes arise. These range from leggy, weak growth to interloping pests, and such ...

• 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 ...

Spring is undeniably the best time of the year to dust off your gardening equipment and get to planting. And while you can stick to tending to your green hedges, your flourishing veggie patch, and ...

My grandmother grew pink sweet peas to cover tattered tar paper siding on a shed in her tiny garden on the east side of Buffalo. I remember my sister and me picking the flowers and seed pods for ...

Nothing makes scents like sweet peas. These climbing, vining legumes aren’t edible — they’re grown for their flowers, and when I say flowers, think armfuls of colorful, ambrosial bouquets, brightening ...

Some flowers look beautiful; some smell good. Still others manage to accomplish both. Sweet peas — along with lilacs, for example, and certain lilies — rank with the multitasking superstars that ...

Native to the eastern Mediterranean region, sweet peas were first introduced to gardens in the 17 th Century. Over time, breeders have developed various cultivars and colour strains. Some focus on the ...

With their delicious perfume and myriad of candy-like hues, sweet peas are undeniably one of the best early-summer bloomers. To grow them in your garden, you can either sow some seeds (a wider range ...

Nasturtium and sweet pea are annual flowers that have been cultivated in the United States for centuries. Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) is a member of the pea family admired for its delightfully ...

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 ...

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 ...