Perhaps the sweet pea with the strongest fragrance ... and feeding young plants with a dilute liquid feed that is high in ...

Now the sweet pea, whose Latin name lathyrus odoratus means "delicate pleasures", has been rated Britain's best scented summer flower. Experts from Gardening Which? magazine compared the ...

It’s the fragrance, though, that really makes sweet peas a standout ... Hampson plants seeds directly in the ground or in flats for transplanting when they’re a few inches high.

Sweet peas are some of the most fragrant cut flowers to bloom in summer. Not only do their wide range of vibrant and pastel hues make for stunning arrangements, but their foliage and wispy ...

And there shall be more sweet pea prettiness still to come, when the cultivated flower fields around Lompoc begin to burst with color and fragrance, usually around April or May. Lovely sweet pea ...

Note that all parts of the sweet pea are inedible, despite their yummy fragrance, and the flowers are extraordinary ... start with cold dense air in the high desert of southern Nevada.

Mammoth Choice’ is an early flowering, climbing sweet pea. The large, scented flowers in shades of lavender ... 15cm apart when they are about 10cm high. The climbing varieties can be pinched ...

Sweet pea fragrance varies among the varieties. Some of the modern hybrids aren’t as fragrant as the older and Spencer varieties. Rain, high temperatures, time of day and the age of the flower ...

The colourful blooms of sweet peas, held on long, straight stems, make perfect cut flowers. Plus, the more you pick them, the more buds form to make fresh flowers. Not all varieties have their famous ...

I picked a small bunch of sweet pea flowers from the garden today ... the white and violet variety “High Scent” bred by the renowned New Zealand breeder Dr Keith Hammett) or for the number ...

FOR GENERATIONS, delicate flowers and an evocative fragrance have earned sweet peas a place in the hearts of gardeners and nongardeners alike. Marryn Mathis is the owner of The Farmhouse Flower ...

The flowers are fleeting, but they are gorgeous and should be beautifully scented freshly picked from the garden," says Blacklock. "Sweet peas are linear, so they can be mixed with flowers with a ...