Brilliant Trailing Sweet Peas
Split mature pods open to harvest the sweet plump peas inside.
Trailing sweet peas. Most sweet peas will grow to about 2m in height. Staffordshiremags you can get sweet peas which are much shorter than the standard 6 ones. Sweet Peas - do they trail well.
After removing the seed coat selection of the best variety choosing the soil and hanging basket now its time of sow the seeds. Fragrant ruffled sweet pea flowers add a whimsical touch to any garden. Ive got four window boxes that I intend to grow something that trailscascades down the sides and I would like them to be fragrant.
Water in well until theyve put on good growth. Ive had success planting in part-sun locations as well. Water well and mulch the soil to keep the roots cool and moist during the summer and insulated in the winter.
Learn why its best to plant them out only once the soil has warmed up and the benefits of giving them a good. Do not be concerned that if you pick all the blooms there will be no more flowers. In the 17th century the wild version of this plant was bred to be more fragrant and dwarf in size.
Northern gardeners may want to cover late fall transplants with straw or evergreen boughs once the ground freezes. When the weather becomes hotter and drier later in the summer stop picking the sweet pea flowers1 X Research sourceStep 2 Let the plant go to seed. Ideally plant in full sun.
Farmer John talking about planting Sweet Peas in a hanging basket. Sweet peas are growing fast and starting to flower. But to harvest seeds you need the sweet pea to stop producing flowers and focus its energy on producing pods instead.